New Zealand Legislation: Acts

4 Interpretation

• (1) In this Act,—

  enactment does not include a rule of court

  epidemic management notice means a notice under section 8(1)

  epidemic notice means a notice under section 5(1)

  immediate modification order means a modification order made under section 14(1) or 15(1)

  modification order means an order made under section 11(1), 12(1), 14(1), or 15(1)

  modify includes suspend and waive

  person includes the Crown

  prospective modification order means a modification order made under section 11(1) or 12(1).

  (2) For the purposes of this Act,—

  • (a) the Minister of the Crown and department of State responsible for the administration of an enactment that is or forms part of subordinate legislation are the Minister of the Crown and department of State responsible for the administration of the enactment under whose authority the legislation was made; and

  • (b) the New Zealand Police is a department of State and the Commissioner of Police is its chief executive.