New Zealand Legislation: Acts

101 Criteria in relation to approval of practice rules by Minister

• The Minister must, in deciding whether to approve any practice rules, have regard, among other things, to—

  • (a) the fundamental obligations of the practitioners to whom the practice rules relate:

  • (b) the principle that it may be necessary or expedient to impose duties or restrictions on practitioners in order to protect the interests of consumers:

  • (c) the principle that the burden of a duty or restriction should be proportionate to the benefits that are expected to result from the imposition of the duty or restriction:

  • (d) the consistency of the rules with New Zealand's international obligations:

  • (e) the provisions of this Act and all rights and obligations of practitioners under the law.