Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Amendment Act 1985
Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Amendment Act 1985
Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Amendment Act 1985
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Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Amendment Act 1985
Public Act |
1985 No 12 |
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Date of assent |
8 March 1985 |
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An Act to amend the Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act 1968
BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Amendment Act 1985, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act 1968 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
2 Interpretation
(1)
The principal Act is hereby amended by repealing section 2, and substituting the following section:
“2
(1)
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
“‘The Convention’ means the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations signed in 1961, a copy of the English text of which is set out in the First Schedule to this Act:
“‘Minister’ means the Minister of Foreign Affairs:
“‘Mission’ means a diplomatic mission of any State:
“‘State’ means a foreign state or a Commonwealth country; and includes the Cook Islands and Niue:
“Expressions defined in Article 1 of the Convention have the meanings so defined.
“(2)
For the purposes of this Act the term ‘State’ when used in the Convention shall have the meaning assigned to that term by subsection (1) of this section.”
(2)
Section 19(1)(a) of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the words “(as defined in section 8 of this Act)”
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(3)
Sections 3 and 8 of the principal Act are hereby consequentially repealed.
This Act is administered in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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