New Zealand Legislation: Acts
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(1) Nothing in sections 9 to 14 applies to the publication of any information or matter in a newspaper by the publisher of that newspaper, not being—
(a) the publication of an advertisement; or
(b) the publication of any information or matter relating to the supply or possible supply or the promotion of the supply or use of goods or services or the sale or grant or the possible sale or grant or the promotion of the sale or grant of an interest in land by—
(i) that publisher or, where that publisher is a body corporate, by any interconnected body corporate; or
(ii) any person who is a party to any contract, arrangement, or understanding with that publisher relating to the content, nature or tenor of the information or matter.
(2) Nothing in sections 9 to 14 applies to the broadcasting of any information or matter by a broadcasting body, not being—
(a) the broadcasting of an advertisement; or
(b) the broadcasting of any information or matter relating to the supply or possible supply or the promotion of the supply or use of goods or services or the sale or grant or the possible sale or grant or the promotion of the sale or grant of an interest in land by—
(i) that broadcasting body, or where that broadcasting body is a body corporate, by any interconnected body corporate; or
(ii) any person who is a party to any contract, arrangement, or understanding with that broadcasting body relating to the content, nature or tenor of the information or matter.
(3) For the purposes of this section—
(a) the expressions broadcasting and broadcasting body shall have the same meanings as they have in section 2 of the Broadcasting Act 1976:
(b) newspaper has the meaning given to that term by section 2 of the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993:
(ba) publisher, in relation to a newspaper, means its proprietor:
(c) any 2 or more bodies corporate are to be treated as interconnected if one of them is a body corporate of which the other is a subsidiary (within the meaning of sections 158 and 158A of the Companies Act 1955 or sections 5 and 6 of the Companies Act 1993, as the case may be), or if both of them are subsidiaries (within the meaning of those sections) of one and the same body corporate; and interconnected body corporate shall be construed accordingly.
Section 15(3)(b): substituted, on 27 April 1995, by section 4(3) of the Newspapers and Printers Act Repeal Act 1995 (1995 No 13).
Section 15(3)(ba): inserted, on 27 April 1995, by section 4(3) of the Newspapers and Printers Act Repeal Act 1995 (1995 No 13).
Section 15(3)(c): substituted, on 1 July 1994, by section 2 of the Company Law Reform (Transitional Provisions) 1994 (1994 No 16).
