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Domestic Protection Amendment Act 1987

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Domestic Protection Amendment Act 1987

Public Act		1987 No 136
Date of assent		10 July 1987

	Title
1	Short Title
2	Application for tenancy order
	Administrative information

An Act to amend the Domestic Protection Act 1982

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows:

1 Short Title

This Act may be cited as the Domestic Protection Amendment Act 1987, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Domestic Protection Act 1982 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

2 Application for tenancy order

(1)

Section 24 of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the words being a dwellinghouse within the meaning of the Tenancy Act 1955”.

(2)

Section 24 of the principal Act is hereby further amended by adding, as subsection (2), the following subsection:

“(2)

In this section, ‘dwellinghouse’ means any building or part of a building let as a separate dwelling; and includes—

“(a)

Any furniture or other chattels let with the building or part of a building; and

“(b)

Any land, outbuildings, or parts of buildings included in the tenancy.”

This Act is administered in the Department of Justice.

Domestic Protection Amendment Act 1987