New Zealand Legislation: Acts

16C Copy of Act of Parliament, Imperial legislation, and regulations printed as prescribed to be evidence

• (1) Every copy of any Act of Parliament or of any Imperial enactment or any Imperial subordinate legislation (as defined in section 2 of the Imperial Laws Application Act 1988) being a copy purporting to be printed or published (whether before or after the commencement of this section) under the authority of the New Zealand Government is, unless the contrary is shown, deemed—

  • (a) to be a correct copy of that Act of Parliament, enactment, or legislation; and

  • (b) to have been so printed or published.

  (2) Every copy of any Imperial enactment or Imperial subordinate legislation (as so defined), being a copy purporting to be printed (whether before or after the commencement of this section) by the Queen's or King's Printer or under the superintendence or authority of Her Majesty's Stationery Office in the United Kingdom, is, unless the contrary is shown, deemed—

  • (a) to be a correct copy of that enactment or legislation; and

  • (b) to have been so printed.

  (3) Every copy of any regulations (as defined in section 16B(2)) purporting to be printed, whether before or after the commencement of this section, under the authority of the New Zealand Government is, unless the contrary is shown, deemed—

  • (a) to be a correct copy of those regulations; and

  • (b) to have been so printed or published; and

  • (c) to be evidence that the regulations were notified in the Gazette on the date printed on that copy as the date of their notification in the Gazette.

  Sections 16A to 16E were inserted, as from 1 August 2007, by section 216 Evidence Act 2006 (2006 No 69). See clause 2(2) Evidence Act 2006 Commencement Order 2007 (SR 2007/190).