Explanatory note
This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.
This order appoints 1 October 1990 as the date on which, pursuant to section 5(1) of the Finance Act (No 2) 1990, the holders of bonus bonds will become the holders of units in an approved unit trust.
The Finance Act (No 2) 1990 makes provision for the establishment of a unit trust or unit trusts of which ANZ Investment Services (New Zealand) Limited, being a company related to Post Office Bank Limited, is the manager, for the approval of such trust or trusts by the Minister of Finance by notice in the Gazette, and for the existing holders of bonus bonds issued under the Post Office Act 1959 or the Post Office Bank Act 1987 to become the holders of units in the trust or trusts corresponding in number to the units representing each dollar evidenced by the bond.