New Zealand Legislation: Acts

4 Application of Acts to Crown entities

• (1) The rules for the establishment, governance, operation, and accountability of Crown entities are set out in various Acts of Parliament as follows:

  • (a) this Act applies generally to Crown entities:

  • (b) a statutory entity is established by or under the entity's Act, and the entity's Act may supplement, or expressly modify or negate, the provisions of this Act for that entity and its Crown entity subsidiaries:

  • (c) a Crown entity company is incorporated under the Companies Act 1993 and may also have an entity's Act, and the entity's Act (if any) may supplement, or expressly modify or negate, the provisions of this Act for that company and its Crown entity subsidiaries:

  • (d) other Acts (for example, some provisions of the State Sector Act 1988) also apply.

  (2) This Act applies to a Crown entity, and prevails over the entity's Act, except to the extent that the entity's Act expressly provides otherwise.

  (3) Subsection (2) is subject to sections 5 and 6.