Every law of New Zealand must, unless it or this Act otherwise expressly provides, be read subject to this Act.

The Trans-Tasman mutual recognition principle in relation to goods, the Trans-Tasman mutual recognition principle in relation to occupations, and the provisions of this Act may be taken into consideration in proceedings of any kind and for any purpose.

The Governor-General may, on the recommendation of the Minister, by Order in Council, declare that this Act will cease to have effect on a specified day, if satisfied that—

The Minister must not make a recommendation under subsection (1) without first giving notice in the Gazette of his or her intention to do so.

This Act binds the Crown.

If any provision of Parts 2 to 4 requires or permits a notice to be given to any person, the notice may be given—

If a notice is personally delivered to any individual under subsection (1), it is deemed to have been given to the individual at the time at which it was delivered.

If a notice is left at an address or a principal office under subsection (1), it is deemed to have been given to the person at the time at which it was left.

If a notice is posted to any person under subsection (1), it is deemed to have been given to the person at the time at which it would have been delivered in the ordinary course of post; and, in proving posting,—

If a notice is sent by fax to any person under subsection (1), it is deemed to have been given to the person on the day after the day on which it was sent; and, in proving sending, it is sufficient to prove that a fax machine generated a record of the transmission of the notice to the fax number.

For the purpose of determining where goods are produced for the purposes of this Act, goods are taken to be produced in the place where the most recent step in the process of producing the goods, whether by way of harvesting, packaging, or processing the goods or otherwise, has occurred.

Subsection (1) applies even though—

The Trans-Tasman mutual recognition principle in relation to goods is that, subject to this Act, goods produced in or imported into an Australian jurisdiction, that may be lawfully sold in the Australian jurisdiction either generally or in particular circumstances may, by virtue of this Act, be sold in New Zealand either generally or in particular circumstances (as the case may be), without the necessity for compliance with any of the requirements relating to sale that are imposed by or under the law of New Zealand and are described in subsection (2).

The requirements referred to in subsection (1) are the following:

Nothing in section 10 affects the operation of any laws of New Zealand that regulate the manner of the sale of goods in New Zealand or the manner in which sellers conduct or are required to conduct their business in New Zealand, by dealing with (without limitation)—

so long as those laws apply equally to goods produced in or imported into New Zealand.

Nothing in section 10 affects the operation of any laws of New Zealand regarding the handling, storage, or transportation of goods within New Zealand, so long as those laws—

Nothing in section 10 affects the operation of any laws of New Zealand regarding the inspection of goods within New Zealand, so long as those laws—

It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against a law of New Zealand, being a prosecution in relation to the sale of any goods, if the defendant expressly claims that the Trans-Tasman mutual recognition principle in relation to goods applies and establishes that—

The defence described in subsection (1) is not available if the prosecution proves that the Trans-Tasman mutual recognition principle in relation to goods did not apply in the circumstances of the alleged offence.

Without limiting subsection (2), the defence described in subsection (1) is not available in relation to goods that were labelled at the point of sale with a statement to the effect that they were produced in or imported into Australia if the prosecution proves—

Without limiting subsection (2), the defence described in subsection (1) is not available in relation to goods that were labelled at the point of sale with a statement to the effect that they were produced in or imported into a State if the prosecution proves—

If the goods were labelled at the point of sale with a statement to the effect that they were produced in or imported into Australia,—

If the goods were labelled at the point of sale with a statement to the effect that they were produced in or imported into a State,—

This section does not affect any defence that is available apart from this section.

Nothing in this Part prevents goods from being sold in New Zealand if (apart from this Act) they comply with the relevant requirements of the law in force in New Zealand.

For the purposes of this Act, and subject to subsection (2), an occupation for which individuals may be registered in an Australian jurisdiction is taken to be an equivalent occupation to an occupation for which individuals may be registered in New Zealand if the activities authorised to be carried out under each registration are substantially the same.

Subsection (1) is subject to—

The Trans-Tasman mutual recognition principle in relation to occupations is that, subject to this Act, an individual who is registered in an Australian jurisdiction for an occupation is entitled, after giving notice to the local registration authority for the equivalent occupation,—

The entitlement described in subsection (1) arises by virtue of this Act, and no law of New Zealand requiring an individual seeking to carry on that occupation to have any particular qualification before doing so applies to any individual who is registered in an Australian jurisdiction for an occupation and who gives notice to the local registration authority for the equivalent occupation in accordance with section 19.

Nothing in section 15 affects the operation of any laws of New Zealand that regulate the manner of carrying on an occupation in New Zealand, so long as those laws—

For all the purposes of the law of New Zealand, every law of New Zealand dealing with registration is deemed to include as a ground of entitlement to registration and renewal of registration, subject to the provisions of this Act, the ground that an individual seeking registration or renewal of registration is registered in an equivalent occupation in an Australian jurisdiction.

An individual to whom registration has been granted on the ground referred to in subsection (1)—

Residence or domicile in any particular participating jurisdiction is not a prerequisite to, or a factor in, entitlement to the grant, renewal, or continuation of registration.

An individual who is registered in an Australian jurisdiction for an occupation may give a written notice to the local registration authority for the equivalent occupation seeking registration for the equivalent occupation on the ground referred to in section 17(1), in accordance with the Trans-Tasman mutual recognition principle in relation to occupations.

A notice referred to in subsection (1) must—

The applicant must, in relation to a notice referred to in subsection (1),—

The local registration authority may, at its discretion, permit a notice referred to in subsection (1) to be amended after it is given.

Within the period of 1 month after a notice is given under section 19 the local registration authority must—

If the local registration authority grants registration under subsection (1)(a), it must decide whether or not to impose conditions on the grant.

A local registration authority may impose conditions under subsection (2)—

No condition imposed under subsection (3)(c) may be more onerous than a condition that the local registration authority would impose in similar circumstances, having regard to relevant qualifications, if the registration were effected apart from this Act.

If the local registration authority does not grant, postpone, or refuse registration within the period of 1 month after a notice is given under section 19, the applicant is entitled, subject to subsection (6), to registration immediately at the end of that period.

If an applicant who is entitled to registration under subsection (5) seeks a grant of registration from the local registration authority, the local registration authority may refuse to grant registration only if—

Registration granted under this section has effect as if it had been granted immediately on the giving of the notice.

A local registration authority may postpone the grant of registration if—

The local registration authority must not postpone the grant of registration under subsection (1) for longer than a period of 6 months commencing at the conclusion of the period of 1 month referred to in section 20(1).

Within the period of 6 months referred to in subsection (2) the local registration authority must—

If the local registration authority does not grant or refuse registration within the period of 6 months referred to in subsection (2), the applicant is entitled to registration immediately at the end of that period.

A local registration authority may refuse to grant registration if—

In making a determination under subsection (1)(d), the local registration authority must disregard the power of the Tribunal to make a declaration on the basis of section 30(1)(b).

A refusal to grant registration on the ground referred to in subsection (1)(d) takes effect at the end of a period that—

A local registration authority may revoke a refusal to grant registration at any time before it takes effect.

A local registration authority must give to the applicant written notice of the following decisions:

A notice given under subsection (1) must, in relation to a decision referred to in any of paragraphs (b) to (d) of subsection (1),—

Failure to comply with any requirement of subsection (2) does not affect the validity of the decision.

Subject to section 26, an applicant is, pending the grant or refusal of registration, entitled to carry on his or her occupation in New Zealand as if the applicant were subject to registration in New Zealand.

References in this Act to deemed registration mean the entitlement referred to in subsection (1).

The local registration authority must decide whether or not to impose conditions on an applicant’s deemed registration.

A local registration authority may impose conditions under subsection (1)—

No condition imposed under subsection (2)(c) may be more onerous than a condition that the local registration authority would impose in similar circumstances, having regard to relevant qualifications, if the registration were effected apart from this Act.

An applicant who is subject to deemed registration may carry on his or her occupation as if the applicant were subject to registration, but may do so only—

The local registration authority may waive any condition or undertaking applying to the applicant’s registration in an Australian jurisdiction if it thinks it appropriate to do so in the circumstances.

Any condition or undertaking applying to an applicant’s registration in an Australian jurisdiction, when applied to the applicant’s deemed registration, is to be construed with any necessary modifications, including the following (if appropriate and so far as practicable):

An applicant who is subject to deemed registration is subject to any disciplinary provisions and arrangements that are applicable to individuals who are subject to registration.

References in the law of New Zealand to individuals registered for an occupation in New Zealand (however expressed) extend to applicants who are subject to deemed registration.

Deemed registration ceases if—

Deemed registration is not affected by postponement of the grant of registration.

If a declaration made by the Tribunal under section 30 and a declaration made by Ministers under section 31 are inconsistent, the declaration made by Ministers prevails.

A declaration made by the Tribunal under section 30 does not affect the registration of any individual already registered, other than the individual to whom the declaration relates.

A declaration made by Ministers under section 31 does not affect the registration of any individual already registered.

The Tribunal may, in any review, make a declaration that occupations carried on in an Australian jurisdiction and New Zealand are not equivalent, but only if the Tribunal is satisfied—

The proper officer of the Tribunal must cause a notice setting out the terms of a declaration under this section to be published promptly in the Gazette.

A declaration made on the basis of subsection (1)(b) has effect for no longer than 12 months.

The local registration authority must promptly give written notice to equivalent authorities in each other participating jurisdiction of a declaration made on the basis of subsection (1)(b).

The local registration authority must give effect to a declaration made under subsection (1), and must from then on act in conformity with the declaration in relation to other individuals seeking registration.

The Minister and a Minister from each of 1 or more Australian jurisdictions may jointly declare, by notice in the Gazette,—

A declaration made under subsection (1) has effect only in relation to the participating jurisdictions concerned.

The appropriate local registration authority must give effect to any declaration made under subsection (1).

If an individual’s deemed registration or registration for an occupation in an Australian jurisdiction—

on disciplinary grounds, or as a result of or in anticipation of criminal, civil, or disciplinary proceedings, then the individual’s deemed registration or registration for the equivalent occupation in New Zealand is affected in the same way.

Despite subsection (1), the local registration authority may reinstate any cancelled or suspended deemed registration or registration or waive any such condition if it thinks it appropriate to do so in the circumstances.

This section extends to registration effected apart from this Act.

This section has effect despite any other provisions of this Act.

A local registration authority must furnish without delay any information reasonably required by the equivalent authority of any other participating jurisdiction about an individual subject to registration in New Zealand if—

This section applies notwithstanding any law of New Zealand relating to secrecy or confidentiality.

Nothing in this section affects any obligation or power of a local registration authority to provide information apart from this section.

If a local registration authority receives information under a provision of a law of an Australian jurisdiction corresponding to section 33, the information is subject to the Privacy Act 1993 or any other law relating to secrecy or confidentiality to the same extent as it would be if the information had been provided under the law of New Zealand.

If a local registration authority makes a decision in respect of which an applicant may apply for a review, the applicant may, by notice in writing to the local registration authority, request it to furnish to the applicant a statement in writing setting out the findings on material questions of fact and referring to the evidence or other material on which those findings were based.

If a local registration authority receives a request made under subsection (1) it must, within 20 working days after receiving the request, prepare, and furnish to the applicant, such a statement.

It is the duty of each local registration authority to facilitate the operation of this Part in relation to every occupation for which the authority is responsible and, in particular, to make use of its powers to impose conditions in such a way as to promote the Trans-Tasman mutual recognition principle in relation to occupations.

It is the duty of each local registration authority from time to time to prepare and make available guidelines and information regarding the operation of this Part in relation to every occupation for which the authority is responsible.

The first guidelines and information required by subsection (2) must be available within 6 months from the date on which this section comes into force.

Compliance with any statutory or other formalities requiring personal attendance in New Zealand is not a prerequisite to entitlement to registration or deemed registration or registration under this Act.

This section applies to formalities that would otherwise have to be complied with before, at, or after registration.

Nothing in this Act prevents an individual from seeking registration or being registered for an occupation under a law other than this Act.

In the absence of regulations made under section 40(1)(a),—

and, if any law dealing with registration for a particular occupation prescribes more than 1 fee for registration or the renewal of registration, as the case requires, the applicant must pay the lower or the lowest of the fees prescribed.

If an applicant has paid a fee for deemed registration under a law referred to in subsection (1)(a), that applicant is not, despite anything in that law, required to pay a fee for registration under this Act.

In the absence of regulations made under section 40(1)(b), any condition in any law dealing with registration for a particular occupation, to the effect that an individual may not carry on the occupation unless a fee has been paid, must, subject to subsection (2), be read as applying to deemed registration or registration or the renewal of registration under this Act.

The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, make regulations for all or any of the following purposes:

No fee prescribed under subsection (1) for deemed registration under this Act may be greater than the fee prescribed for registration (or, if more than 1 fee is prescribed, the higher or highest of those fees) under the law dealing with registration for the particular occupation.

No fee prescribed under subsection (1) for the renewal of registration under this Act may be greater than the fee prescribed for the renewal of registration (or, if more than 1 fee is prescribed, the higher or highest of those fees) under the law dealing with registration for the particular occupation.

There is established a Tribunal to be called the Trans-Tasman Occupations Tribunal.

An applicant may apply to the Tribunal for the review of a decision of a local registration authority to—

Subject to subsection (2), every decision of a local registration authority that is the subject of a review continues in force and has effect pending the determination of the review.

The Tribunal may, at the request of an applicant who is a party to a review, make an interim order,—

The Tribunal must not make an order under subsection (2) unless the local registration authority whose decision is the subject of the review has been given a reasonable opportunity to make a submission to the Tribunal in relation to the interim order proposed to be made.

The Tribunal may revoke at any time an interim order made under subsection (2).

The Tribunal may make any order that it thinks fit in relation to the conduct of any review.

The Tribunal may, in any review, make an order—

The local registration authority must give effect to an order made under subsection (2), and must from then on act in conformity with the order in relation to other individuals seeking registration.

For the purpose of promoting consistency between decisions made by the Tribunal for the purposes of this Act and the Australian Tribunal for the purposes of the Australian Act, the Tribunal must have regard to decisions made by the Australian Tribunal for the purposes of the Australian Act.

The members of the Tribunal are—

Instead of making 2 appointments under subsection (1)(b), the Chairperson may, if the Chairperson considers it desirable,—

Every individual appointed as the Chairperson must be a barrister or solicitor of the High Court of not less than 7 years’ practice or a District Court Judge.

Any individual appointed as the Chairperson may hold that office concurrently with any other office held by him or her and may from time to time be reappointed.

The Chairperson is appointed by the Governor-General on the recommendation of the Minister of Justice.

Every individual appointed as the Chairperson holds office for such term, not exceeding 5 years, as the Governor-General on the recommendation of the Minister of Justice specifies in the instrument appointing the Chairperson. This subsection is affected by section 50.

The Minister of Justice must consult the Minister before making any recommendation under subsection (3) or subsection (4).

If the term for which the Chairperson has been appointed expires, the Chairperson, unless sooner vacating or removed from office under section 50, continues to hold office, by virtue of the appointment for the term that has expired, until—

The expiry of the term of office of the Chairperson does not affect any service being performed by the Chairperson on the Australian Tribunal.

The Minister of Justice must maintain a panel of not more than 15 individuals who may be appointed under section 46(1)(b).

The Minister of Justice must consult the Minister before including any individual on the panel.

In considering the suitability of any individual for inclusion on the panel, the Minister of Justice and the Minister must have regard not only to his or her personal attributes but also to his or her knowledge of and experience in the different aspects of matters likely to come before the Tribunal.

The name of an individual must be removed from the panel if—

If paragraph (c) or paragraph (d) of subsection (4) applies, the name of the individual must not be removed from the panel until any review in respect of which the individual was appointed to the Tribunal has concluded and until any service being performed by the individual on the Australian Tribunal has concluded.

In any case in which the Chairperson becomes incapable of acting by reason of illness, absence, or other sufficient cause, or if the Chairperson deems it not proper or desirable that he or she should adjudicate on any specified matter, the Governor-General, on the recommendation of the Minister of Justice, may appoint a suitable individual to be the Deputy Chairperson and to act for the Chairperson for the period or purpose stated in the appointment.

The Minister of Justice must consult the Minister before making a recommendation under subsection (1).

No individual may be appointed as the Deputy Chairperson unless he or she is eligible for appointment as the Chairperson.

Every Deputy Chairperson appointed under this section is, while acting for the Chairperson, deemed to be the Chairperson.

No appointment of a Deputy Chairperson, and no act done by a Deputy Chairperson as such, and no act done by the Tribunal while he or she is acting as such, may in any proceedings be questioned on the ground that the occasion for the appointment had not arisen or had ceased.

The Chairperson and any Deputy Chairperson may at any time resign his or her office by delivering a notice in writing to that effect to the Minister of Justice.

The Chairperson and any Deputy Chairperson is deemed to have vacated his or her office if he or she dies or is, under the Insolvency Act 2006, adjudged bankrupt.

The Chairperson and any Deputy Chairperson may at any time be removed from office by the Governor-General for disability affecting performance of duty, neglect of duty, or misconduct, proved to the satisfaction of the Governor-General.

The Tribunal is declared to be a statutory board within the meaning of the Fees and Travelling Allowances Act 1951.

Subject to subsection (3), there must be paid to members of the Tribunal remuneration by way of fees, salary, or allowances and travelling allowances and expenses in accordance with the Fees and Travelling Allowances Act 1951, and the provisions of that Act apply accordingly.

Subsection (2) does not apply to a District Court Judge who is a member of the Tribunal or to any member appointed under section 46(2)(b).

No member of the Tribunal is personally liable for any act done or omitted to be done by the Tribunal or any member of it in good faith in pursuance or intended pursuance of the functions, duties, powers, or authorities of the Tribunal.

The parties to a review are the applicant and the local registration authority.

The Tribunal may direct that a person be added as a party to any review if the Tribunal is satisfied that the person has a substantial interest in the review and either—

The Attorney-General, if in his or her opinion the public interest is or may be involved, may, on giving such notice to other parties as the Tribunal may direct, appear and be heard, or present submissions in writing, on any review.

If the Tribunal is of the opinion that it would be appropriate for the parties to a review to attend a conference—

the Chairperson may nominate a member of the Tribunal appointed under section 46(1)(b) or section 46(2)(b) to chair the conference.

The conference chairperson must give written notice to the parties—

The conference chairperson may, with the parties’ consent, invite to attend a conference any person whose attendance would in the opinion of the conference chairperson be likely to assist in achieving any purpose for which the conference was called.

There may be paid to any person attending any conference under subsection (1) fees, allowances, and expenses as if that person were a witness attending before the Tribunal to give evidence under a summons issued on the motion of the Tribunal.

The conference chairperson may allow the parties or their representatives or any other person invited to attend a conference to participate in the conference by—

Any conference may be adjourned from time to time and from place to place.

If the parties reach an agreement in relation to the conduct of the review, and the Tribunal is satisfied that an order recording the terms of the agreement is within its powers under section 44(1), the Tribunal may, if it thinks fit, make such an order.

If the parties reach agreement on the matters in issue, and the Tribunal is satisfied that an order recording the terms of the agreement is within its powers under section 44(2), the Tribunal may, if it thinks fit, make such an order.

If—

the Chairperson must appoint another individual under section 46(1)(b) or section 46(2)(b) to replace the conference chairperson on the Tribunal for the purposes of the hearing of the review.

No evidence is admissible in any court, or before any person acting judicially, of any information, statement, or admission disclosed or made to any person in the course of a conference, except, with the parties’ consent, at the hearing of the review.

If, at any stage of a review, the parties reach an agreement in relation to the conduct of the review, and the Tribunal is satisfied that an order recording the terms of the agreement is within its powers under section 44(1), the Tribunal may, if it thinks fit, make such an order.

If, at any stage of a review, the parties reach agreement on the matters in issue, and the Tribunal is satisfied that an order recording the terms of the agreement is within its powers under section 44(2), the Tribunal may, if it thinks fit, make such an order.

If—

the Tribunal may conduct the review by considering the documents or other material lodged with or provided to the Tribunal.

The Tribunal must conduct any review with as little formality and technicality, and as much expedition, as is permitted by—

The Tribunal must fix a time and place for each sitting and cause notice to be given to the parties of the time and place fixed.

The Chairperson presides at every sitting of the Tribunal.

No sitting of the Tribunal may take place, except for the purposes of interlocutory or other ancillary matters, unless all members are present.

Every sitting of the Tribunal is held in such place as the Tribunal deems convenient.

Every sitting of the Tribunal is held in public unless the Tribunal in any particular case, having regard to the interests of the parties and of all other persons concerned, considers that the sitting or any part of it should be held in private.

The Tribunal may make an order prohibiting the publication of any report or description of a review or of any part of a review.

Every person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $3,000 who, without reasonable excuse, acts in contravention of any order made by the Tribunal under subsection (6).

Any sitting of the Tribunal may be adjourned from time to time and from place to place.

Any party to a review may appear personally or by the party’s barrister, solicitor, or agent.

The Tribunal may appoint a barrister or solicitor to appear and be heard in a review as counsel assisting the Tribunal.

The decision of the majority of members is the decision of the Tribunal.

Every decision of the Tribunal must be in writing and must state the reasons for the decision.

The Tribunal determines its own procedure, except as otherwise provided in this Part.

The Tribunal may receive as evidence any statement, document, information, or matter that may in its opinion assist it to deal effectively with the review, whether or not the same would be admissible in a court of law.

The Tribunal may take evidence on oath, and for that purpose any member or officer of the Tribunal may administer an oath.

The Tribunal may permit a person appearing as a witness before it to give evidence by tendering a written statement and, if the Tribunal thinks fit, verifying it by oath.

Subject to subsections (1) to (3), the Evidence Act 2006 applies to the Tribunal in the same manner as if the Tribunal were a court within the meaning of that Act.

The Tribunal may of its own motion, or on the application of any party to the review, issue a witness summons to any person requiring that person to attend before the Tribunal to give evidence in the review.

The witness summons must state—

The power to issue a witness summons may be exercised by the Tribunal or the Chairperson, or by any officer of the Tribunal purporting to act by the direction or with the authority of the Tribunal or the Chairperson.

A witness summons may be served—

The summons must,—

If the summons is posted by registered letter, it is deemed for the purposes of subsection (2)(b) to have been served at the time when the letter would have been delivered in the ordinary course of post.

Every witness attending before the Tribunal to give evidence under a summons is entitled to be paid witnesses’ fees, allowances, and travelling expenses according to the scales for the time being prescribed by regulations made under the Criminal Procedure Act 2011, and those regulations apply accordingly.

On each occasion on which the Tribunal issues a summons under section 64, the Tribunal, or the individual exercising the power of the Tribunal under section 64(3), must fix an amount that, on the service of the summons, or at some other reasonable time before the date on which the witness is required to attend, must be paid or tendered to the witness.

The amount fixed under subsection (2) must be the estimated amount of the allowances and travelling expenses to which, in the opinion of the Tribunal or individual, the witness will be entitled according to the prescribed scales if the witness attends at the time and place specified in the summons.

If a party to the review has requested the issue of the witness summons, the fees, allowances, and travelling expenses payable to the witness must be paid by that party.

If the Tribunal has of its own motion issued the witness summons, the fees, allowances, and travelling expenses payable to the witness must be paid by the Crown.

Witnesses appearing before the Tribunal have the same privileges and immunities as witnesses have in proceedings in the District Court.

Counsel and agents appearing before the Tribunal have the same privileges and immunities as counsel have in proceedings in the District Court.

Every person commits an offence who, after being summoned to attend to give evidence before the Tribunal or to produce to the Tribunal any papers, documents, records, or things, without reasonable excuse,—

Every person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,500.

No person summoned to attend before the Tribunal may be convicted of an offence against subsection (1) unless there was tendered or paid to that person travelling expenses in accordance with section 66.

Every person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 who—

A member of the Tribunal may order the exclusion from a sitting of the Tribunal of any individual whose behaviour, in that member’s opinion, constitutes an offence against subsection (1), whether or not such individual is charged with the offence; and any constable may take such steps as are reasonably necessary to enforce such an exclusion.

The Tribunal may order any party to pay to any other party such costs and expenses (including witness expenses) incurred by that other party as the Tribunal considers reasonable.

Any such order as to costs may be filed in the District Court and may be enforced as a judgment of that court.

The Tribunal may, at any time, before or during the hearing or before delivering its decision, on the application of any party to the review or of its own motion, state a case for the opinion of the High Court on any question of law arising in the review.

The Tribunal must give notice to the parties to the review of the Tribunal’s intention to state a case under this section, specifying the registry of the High Court in which the case is to be filed.

Except when the Tribunal intends to state the case of its own motion, the question must be in the form of a special case to be drawn up by the parties to the review, and, if the parties do not agree, to be settled by the Tribunal.

If the Tribunal intends to state a case of its own motion, it must itself state and sign a case setting forth the facts and questions of law arising for the determination of the High Court.

Every case stated for the High Court under this section must be dealt with in accordance with rules of court.

The High Court must hear and determine any question submitted to it under this section, and must remit the case with its opinion to the Tribunal.

If the Tribunal does not give a direction under section 53(2) in relation to an application by a person to be made a party to a review, the person concerned may appeal to the High Court.

If any party to any review is dissatisfied with any decision of the Tribunal as being erroneous in point of law, that party may appeal to the High Court on that question of law.

Every appeal under this section must be dealt with in accordance with rules of court.

Subject to any order of the High Court, every decision of the Tribunal against which an appeal is lodged continues in force or has effect pending the determination of the appeal.

The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, make regulations for all or any of the following purposes:

If the Chairperson or an individual whose name is entered on the panel serves as a member of the Australian Tribunal for the purposes of a review under the section of the Australian Act dealing with the review of decisions,—

For the purposes of sections 78(2), 80(2), 82(2), 83(2), 85(2), and 87(2), terms of proposed regulations are endorsed—

A reference to a law, in Schedule 1, includes—

if the subject matter of that amendment or provision is described by one of the categories in Schedule 1.

A reference to a law, in Schedule 2 or Schedule 3, includes—

if that amendment or provision or law does not increase the scope of the exemption effected by Schedule 2 or Schedule 3, as the case requires, at the date on which section 79 or section 81, as the case requires, comes into force.

Despite anything in the Interpretation Act 1999, a reference to an Act in any schedule includes, unless the reference to the Act indicates otherwise,—

In subsection (3), regulations—

A law specified in Schedules 1, 2, or 3, that deals not only with requirements described in section 10(2) relating to the sale of goods but also with the registration of an occupation, is excluded or exempted only to the extent that it deals with requirements described in section 10(2) relating to the sale of goods.

This Act does not affect the operation of any law, or any provision of any law, specified or described in a category in Schedule 1.

The Governor-General may, from time to time, on the recommendation of the Minister, by Order in Council, make regulations amending Schedule 1 by adding another category.

The Minister must not make a recommendation under subsection (1) unless the Minister is satisfied that all of the then participating jurisdictions have endorsed the terms of the proposed regulations.

The Governor-General may, from time to time, on the recommendation of the Minister, by Order in Council, make regulations amending Schedule 1 by—

The Minister must not make a recommendation under subsection (3) unless the Minister has given notice in the Gazette of his or her intention to do so.

The Governor-General may, from time to time, on the recommendation of the Minister, by Order in Council, make regulations amending Schedule 1 by omitting a law or a provision of a law.

This Act does not affect the operation of any law, or any provision of any law, specified or described in Schedule 2.

The Governor-General may, from time to time, on the recommendation of the Minister, by Order in Council, make regulations amending Schedule 2 by—

The Minister must not make a recommendation under subsection (1) unless the Minister is satisfied that all of the then participating jurisdictions have endorsed the terms of the proposed regulations.

The Governor-General may, from time to time, on the recommendation of the Minister, by Order in Council, make regulations amending Schedule 2 by omitting a law or a provision of a law.

This Act does not affect the operation of any law, or any provision of any law, specified or described in Schedule 3 until the expiry of the exemption period or, as the case requires, the extended exemption period relating to that law or that provision.

The Governor-General may, from time to time, on the recommendation of the Minister, by Order in Council, make regulations—

The Minister must not make a recommendation under subsection (1) unless the Minister is satisfied that no fewer than two-thirds of the then participating jurisdictions have endorsed the terms of the proposed regulations.

The Governor-General may, from time to time, on the recommendation of the Minister, by Order in Council, make regulations amending Schedule 3 by omitting a law or a provision of a law.

The Governor-General may, from time to time, on the recommendation of the Minister, by Order in Council, make regulations that amend Schedule 2 by adding to it a law or a provision of a law specified or described in Schedule 3 and amend Schedule 3 by omitting from it that law or that provision of a law.

The Minister must not make a recommendation under subsection (1) unless the Minister is satisfied either—

This Act does not apply to any law, or any provision of any law, that relates to any occupation and is specified or described in Schedule 4.

The Governor-General may, from time to time, on the recommendation of the Minister, by Order in Council, make regulations amending Schedule 4 by—

The Minister must not make a recommendation under subsection (1) unless the Minister is satisfied that all of the then participating jurisdictions have endorsed the terms of the proposed regulations.

The Governor-General may, from time to time, on the recommendation of the Minister, by Order in Council, make regulations amending Schedule 4 by omitting a law or a provision of a law.

The Governor-General may, from time to time, on the recommendation of the Minister, by Order in Council, make regulations exempting a particular kind of goods or any law, or any provision of any law, relating to a particular kind of goods from the provisions of this Act.

No exemption under regulations made under subsection (1) may exceed the period of 12 months in total, whether the exemption is made in 1 set of regulations or in more than 1 set of regulations.

The Minister must not make a recommendation under subsection (1) unless he or she is satisfied that every exemption effected by the regulations is substantially for the purpose of protecting the health and safety of persons in New Zealand or avoiding, remedying, or mitigating any adverse effects of activities on the environment in New Zealand.

The Governor-General may, from time to time, on the recommendation of the Minister, by Order in Council, make regulations—

The Minister must not recommend the making of regulations under subsection (1)(a) unless the Minister is satisfied that—

Regulations made under subsection (1)(a) may continue or revive an exemption—

A modification may only,—

No exemption may be continued or revived under regulations made under subsection (1)(a) for a period exceeding 12 months in total, whether the exemption is continued or revived in 1 set of regulations or in more than 1 set of regulations.