In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

Act of Parliament includes an Act of the General Assembly

Imperial Act means any Act of the Parliament of England, or of the Parliament of Great Britain, or of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
regulations means—
- (a) regulations, rules, or bylaws made under an Act by the Governor-General in Council or by a Minister of the Crown:
- (b) an Order in Council, Proclamation, notice, Warrant, or instrument, made under an enactment that varies or extends the scope or provisions of an enactment:
- (c) an Order in Council that brings into force, repeals, or suspends an enactment:
- (d) regulations, rules, or an instrument made under an Imperial Act or the Royal prerogative and having the force of law in New Zealand:
- (e) an instrument that is a regulation or that is required to be treated as a regulation for the purposes of the Regulations Act 1936 or Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 or this Act:
- (f) an instrument that revokes regulations, rules, bylaws, an Order in Council, a Proclamation, a notice, a Warrant, or an instrument, referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e).
Section 2 regulations: substituted, on 1 November 1999, by section 37 of the Interpretation Act 1999 (1999 No 85).

3 Act to bind the Crown

This Act shall bind the Crown.

4 Regulations to be laid before House of Representatives

All regulations made after 30 September 1992 shall be laid before the House of Representatives not later than the 16th sitting day of the House of Representatives after the day on which they are made.

Section 4: substituted, on 22 August 1992, by section 2(1) of the Regulations (Disallowance) Amendment Act 1992 (1992 No 85).

5 Disallowance of regulations

(1) The House of Representatives may, by resolution, disallow any regulations or provisions of regulations.
(2) Where the House of Representatives passes a resolution disallowing any regulations or any provisions of any regulations, the regulations or provisions so disallowed shall cease to have effect on the later of—
- (a) the passing of the resolution; or
- (b) any date specified in the resolution as the date on which the regulations or provisions cease to have effect.
(3) This section does not apply in relation to any resolution to which section 9 applies.

6 Disallowance of regulations where motion to disallow not disposed of

(1) If, at the expiration of the 21st sitting day after the giving in the House of Representatives of notice of a motion to disallow any regulations or any provisions of any regulations (being a notice of motion given by a member of Parliament who, at the time of the giving of the notice, is a member of the Committee of the House of Representatives responsible for the review of regulations),—
- (a) the notice has not been withdrawn and the motion has not been moved; or
- (b) the motion has been called on and moved and has not been withdrawn or otherwise disposed of,—
the regulations or provisions specified for disallowance in the motion shall thereupon be deemed to have been disallowed unless, before the expiration of that 21st sitting day,—
- (c) Parliament is dissolved or expires; or
- (d) Parliament is prorogued and the notice has not been carried over to the next session of the same Parliament.
(2) Where any regulations or provisions specified in a motion are disallowed under subsection (1), the regulations or provisions so disallowed shall cease to have effect on the later of—
- (a) the expiration of the 21st sitting day after the giving of notice of the motion; or
- (b) any date specified in the motion as the date on which the regulations or provisions cease to have effect.
Section 6(1): substituted, on 22 August 1992, by section 3 of the Regulations (Disallowance) Amendment Act 1992 (1992 No 85).

7 Effect of disallowance

Where any regulations or any provisions of any regulations are disallowed under section 5, or are deemed to have been disallowed under section 6, the disallowance of the regulations or provisions shall have the same effect as a revocation of those regulations or provisions.

8 Restoration or revival of Acts or regulations

(1) Where any regulations or provisions of regulations (being regulations or provisions that amended any Act or any regulation or repealed any Act or revoked any regulation) are disallowed under section 5 or are deemed to have been disallowed under section 6, the disallowance of the regulations or provisions has the effect of restoring or reviving the Act or regulation, as it was immediately before it was amended, repealed, or revoked, as if the regulations disallowed or provisions disallowed had not been made.

(2) The restoration or revival of an Act or regulation pursuant to subsection (1) takes effect on the day on which the regulations or provisions by which it was amended or repealed or revoked ceased to have effect.

9 Amendment or substitution of regulations by House of Representatives

(1) The House of Representatives may, by resolution,—
- (a) amend any regulations; or
- (b) revoke any regulations, and substitute other regulations.
(2) Where the House of Representatives passes a resolution of the kind referred to in subsection (1), the amendment or the revocation and substitution, as the case may be, shall take effect on the later of—
- (a) the 28th day after the date of the publication of the notice required by section 10; or
- (b) any date specified in the notice required by section 10 as the date on which the amendment or the revocation and substitution, as the case may be, takes effect.

10 Notice of resolution or motion

(1) Where—
- (a) a resolution disallowing or revoking any regulations is passed by the House of Representatives; or
- (b) a resolution amending any regulations or a resolution revoking any regulations and substituting other regulations is passed by the House of Representatives; or
- (c) any circumstances of the kind described in section 6(1) arise in relation to any notice of motion to disallow any regulations,—
the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall forward to the Chief Parliamentary Counsel forthwith a notice in relation to that resolution or notice of motion.
(2) The notice forwarded under subsection (1), which shall be accompanied by the text of the resolution or the text of the notice of motion, as the case may require, shall show,—
- (a) in the case of a resolution, the date on which the resolution was passed; and
- (b) in the case of a notice of motion,—
  - (i) the date of the sitting day on which the notice of motion was given by a member of Parliament who was at the time of the giving of the notice a member of the Committee of the House of Representatives responsible for the review of regulations; and
  - (ii) the date of the 21st sitting day after the giving of the notice of motion.
(3) The notice shall be conclusive evidence of the matters stated in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2).

(4) The Chief Parliamentary Counsel shall arrange for every notice forwarded under subsection (1) to be printed and published under section 4 of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 as if it were a regulation.