1 Short Title and commencement

• (1) This Act may be cited as the Official Information Amendment Act 1987, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Official Information Act 1982 (hereinafter referred to as the “principal Act”).

  (2) Except as provided in section 14(2) of this Act, this Act shall come into force on the 1st day of April 1987.

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7 Transfer of requests

• (1) [Repealed]

  (2) Where a request to which section 14 of the principal Act applies had not been transferred before the commencement of this Act, that request shall, notwithstanding anything in that section, be transferred under that section within 10 working days after the date of the commencement of this Act; but section 15A of the principal Act shall apply in respect of the time limit set out in this subsection as if that time limit were set out in section 14 of the principal Act.

  Subsection (1) was repealed by section 57(2) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987. See section 1(2) of that Act.

8 Decisions on requests

• (1) This subsection substituted section 15 of the principal Act.

  (2) Where section 15 of the principal Act requires that a decision be made under that section in respect of a request and that request was received before the commencement of this Act, that decision shall, notwithstanding anything in that section, be made within 20 working days after the date of the commencement of this Act; but section 15A of the principal Act shall apply in respect of the time limit set out in this subsection as if that time limit were set out in section 15(1) of the principal Act.

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• [Repealed]

  Section 11 was repealed, as from 1 December 1989, by section 5(b) Official Information Amendment Act 1989 (1989 No 122).

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• [Repealed]

  Section 14 was repealed, as from 1 July 1993, by section 10 Official Information Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 36).

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17 Requirements of Ombudsman to be complied with within certain period

• (1) This subsection inserted section 29A in the principal Act.

  (2) This subsection inserted subs (1A) in section 35 of the principal Act.

  (3) Where, in relation to any investigation by an Ombudsman under section 28 or section 35 of the principal Act, a Department or Minister of the Crown or organisation is required, pursuant to section 29A(1) of the principal Act, to comply with a requirement of an Ombudsman, and that requirement was received before the commencement of this Act, that Department or Minister of the Crown or organisation shall, notwithstanding anything in this section, comply with that requirement within 20 working days after the date of the commencement of this Act; but section 29A(2) of the principal Act shall apply in respect of the time limit set out in this subsection as if that time limit were set out in section 29A(1) of the principal Act.

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23 New Schedule 1 substituted

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  (2) The following enactments are hereby consequentially repealed, namely:

  • (a) Section 4 of the Official Information Amendment Act 1983:

  • (b) So much of Schedule 2 to the Law Commission Act 1985 as relates to the principal Act:

  • (c) [Repealed]

  • (d) So much of Schedule 2 to the Commerce Act 1986 as relates to the principal Act:

  • (e) So much of Schedule 3 to the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986 as relates to the principal Act:

  • (f) Section 27 of the Environment Act 1986.

  Subsection (2)(c) was repealed, as from 1 December 1988, by section 12(2) New Zealand Trade Development Board Act 1988 (1988 No 160).

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25 Amendments to other Acts

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  (2) The following enactments are hereby consequentially repealed, namely:

  • (a) Section 2(2) of the Machinery Amendment Act 1978:

  • (b) Section 14 of the Fire Service Amendment Act 1986.

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