New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Part applies to every enactment that is part of the law of New Zealand and that is passed either before or after the commencement of this Act.
(2) This Part does not apply to—
(a) an enactment that requires information to be recorded, given, produced, or retained, or a signature to be given, or a signature or seal to be witnessed—
(i) in accordance with particular electronic technology requirements; or
(ii) on a particular kind of data storage device; or
(iii) by means of a particular kind of electronic communication:
(b) the enactments specified in Part 1 of the Schedule:
(c) the provisions of enactments specified in column 2 of Part 2 of the Schedule:
(d) the provisions of enactments that are described in Part 3 of the Schedule:
(e) the provisions of enactments that are described in Part 4 of the Schedule except to the extent that rules of a court, or guidelines issued with the authority of a court or tribunal, specified in that Part of the Schedule, provide for the use of electronic technology in accordance with this Part.
(3) The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, amend the Schedule or repeal the Schedule and substitute a new schedule.
(4) Every Order in Council that makes an addition to the Schedule and that is—
(a) made on or before 30 June in any year expires on the close of 31 December of that year, except so far as it is expressly confirmed by Act of Parliament passed during that year; or
(b) made on or after 1 July in any year expires on the close of 31 December in the following year, except so far as it is expressly confirmed by Act of Parliament passed before the end of the following year.
(5) The expiry of an Order in Council does not affect the validity of any act done pursuant to, or in accordance with, that Order in Council before the date on which the Order in Council expired.
