New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
For any purpose in connection with this Act, a certificate, given by the Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade or any Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade, certifying—
(a) That any country is or is not, or was or was not at any material time, a party to the Convention; or
(b) That the Government of any country is or is not, or was or was not at any material time, responsible for the international relations of any territory,—
shall be sufficient evidence of that fact.
The words “Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade”
and “Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade”
were substituted, as from 1 July 1993, for the words “Secretary for External Relations and Trade”
and “Deputy Secretary of External Relations and Trade”
respectively, pursuant to section 9(4) Foreign Affairs Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 48).