New Zealand Legislation: Acts

2 Interpretation

• In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

  Act of Parliament includes an Act of the General Assembly

  Imperial Act means any Act of the Parliament of England, or of the Parliament of Great Britain, or of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

  regulations means—

  • (a) regulations, rules, or bylaws made under an Act by the Governor-General in Council or by a Minister of the Crown:

  • (b) an Order in Council, Proclamation, notice, Warrant, or instrument, made under an enactment that varies or extends the scope or provisions of an enactment:

  • (c) an Order in Council that brings into force, repeals, or suspends an enactment:

  • (d) regulations, rules, or an instrument made under an Imperial Act or the Royal prerogative and having the force of law in New Zealand:

  • (e) an instrument that is a regulation or that is required to be treated as a regulation for the purposes of the Regulations Act 1936 or Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 or this Act:

  • (f) an instrument that revokes regulations, rules, bylaws, an Order in Council, a Proclamation, a notice, a Warrant, or an instrument, referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e).

  Section 2 regulations: substituted, on 1 November 1999, by section 37 of the Interpretation Act 1999 (1999 No 85).