Reprint as at 1 April 2008
| Public Act | 1998 No 88 |
| Date of assent | 8 July 1998 |
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this eprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this eprint, together with other explanatory material about this eprint.
This Act is administered in the Ministry of Commerce
13 Meaning of agency [Repealed]
Scope of application of ownership rules
Application of ownership separation rules to trust-like interests
Interim exemptions, rules, and compliance options
Exemptions for certain involvements
Ban on expanding cross-involvements
Options for persons wishing to expand
Compliance process for existing 20% aggregates
Mirror trust and mirror co-operative option
39 Transfer of business to mirror trust [Repealed]
44 Exemption of mirror trusts from rule limiting expansion of control by trust-like agencies [Repealed]
No expansion of control by trust-like agencies in electricity supply
46B Electricity lines business to publicly notify acquisition or increase of distributed generation [Repealed]
Exemptions for generation commissioned after 20 May 2003 and for reserve energy
56A Limits on defences and penalties for failure to publicly notify acquisition or increase of distributed generation [Repealed]
63 Consolidation rules modified generally for purposes of corporate ownership split and ownership split
65 No stamp duty payable [Repealed]
Matters relevant to implementation of Part 2
An Act to reform the electricity industry
BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows: