The Short Title of this Act is “The Cook and other Islands Government Act Amendment Act, 1902”; and it shall form part of and be read together with “The Cook and other Islands Government Act, 1901” (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Act”).

All appointments and other exercises of authority made by the Governor (either before or after the commencement of this Act) in respect of the said islands shall be deemed to be valid which would if made in respect of New Zealand proper have been valid.

The Governor may from time to time by Order in Council direct that any of the laws in force in New Zealand proper (other than the laws relating to the sale of alcoholic liquors) shall have operation and be observed in the said islands, either in whole or with such modifications as may be necessary to adapt them to the conditions and circumstances of the said islands and the inhabitants thereof.

This section is in substitution of section three of the principal Act, which section is hereby accordingly repealed.

Whereas at the commencement of the principal Act there existed a Native Council for Niue Island, and it is expedient that such Council should continue as an Island Council: It is therefore hereby enacted that all references in the principal Act to the Niue Island Council are hereby repealed, and the provisions relating to Island Councils and their enactments shall, as from such commencement, apply to the said Native Council and its enactments.

Notwithstanding anything in the principal Act, the Governor may from time to time by Order in Council modify the New Zealand Customs tariff in its application to goods imported into Niue Island, provided that such modification shall not have the effect of imposing higher duties in Niue than those prescribed by the New Zealand tariff.

Such Order may also impose a duty not exceeding ten per centum to be levied in Niue on goods shipped duty-paid in New Zealand, and on goods the produce or manufacture of New Zealand, and in the event of such Order being issued it shall, so long as such Order is in force, be lawful to pay drawback in New Zealand on goods shipped to Niue.

In the event of the rate of duty on tobacco prescribed by the New Zealand tariff being modified as aforesaid, the Governor in Council may make regulations prescribing the conditions under which tobacco on which duty has been paid at Niue may be shipped or removed to the other islands or to New Zealand, and imposing penalties for the breach of such regulations.

The Governor may from time to time, by Order in Council, prohibit absolutely, or except in accordance with regulations under this Act, the introduction into New Zealand proper from the Cook or other islands of any plant, fruit, fungus, parasite, or any other thing which in his opinion is likely to introduce insect pests or disease.

Section sixteen of the principal Act (limiting the duration of the Act) is hereby repealed, and that Act shall continue in force for two years from the coming into operation of this Act.