Explanatory note
This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.
Section 4 of the Bank of New Zealand Act 1988 provides that on a date to be appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council the Bank of New Zealand, which is constituted as a body corporate under the Bank of New Zealand Act 1979, shall be deemed to be a company limited by shares incorporated and registered under the Companies Act 1955 under the name Bank of New Zealand.
This order appoints 14 March 1989 as the date on which the Bank shall be deemed to be so incorporated. The Bank of New Zealand Act 1979 and the Bank of New Zealand Amendment Act 1986 are, by virtue of section 13 of the Bank of New Zealand Act 1988, repealed on that date.