New Zealand Legislation: Acts

149D Relationship between this Act and Human Rights Act 1993

• (1) Despite anything in the Human Rights Act 1993, no complaint may be made under that Act in respect of—

  • (a) the content or application of this Act or any regulations made under this Act; or

  • (b) the content or application of any policy made in accordance with section 13A and section 13B.

  (2) The Human Rights Commission may, subject to subsection (3), perform, in relation to immigration matters, any function conferred on the Commission under section 5 of the Human Rights Act 1993.

  (3) The Commission may not, in relation to any matter referred to in subsection (1),—

  • (a) bring any proceedings of a kind referred to in section 5(2)(i) of the Human Rights Act 1993; or

  • (b) exercise the powers conferred by section 5(2)(j) of that Act in relation to any proceedings.

  Section 149D: inserted, on 1 January 2002, by section 55 of the Human Rights Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 96).