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Reprint as at 5 May 1999

Year 2000 Information Disclosure Act 1999

Public Act	1999 No 25
Date of assent	4 May 1999
Commencement	see section 1(2)

Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.

This Act is administered by the Ministry of Economic Development.

Contents

1 Short Title and commencement

Part 1
Preliminary provisions

2 What this Act is about

3 Interpretation

4 Act binds the Crown

Part 2
Year 2000 information disclosure statements

5 Year 2000 information disclosure statements

6 Original Year 2000 information disclosure statements

7 Republished Year 2000 information disclosure statements

Part 3
Protection from civil liability

8 Protection from civil liability

9 Year 2000 information disclosure statements not admissible in civil proceedings

10 Exception for false statements

11 Exception for liability under law relating to contracts or deeds

12 Exception for liability to consumers under Fair Trading Act 1986 or Consumer Guarantees Act 1993

13 Exception for satisfaction of statutory obligations

14 Exception for restraining injunctions or declaratory relief

15 Exception for obligation to maintain confidentiality

16 Exception for intellectual property rights

17 Existence of exception not necessarily cause of action

18 Imputed knowledge

19 Explanatory statement

Part 4
Miscellaneous

20 Year 2000 information disclosure statement does not vary contract

An Act to provide protection from civil liability for statements relating to Year 2000 date processing