Scientific and Industrial Research Amendment Act 1990

Public Act		1990 No 14
Date of assent		19 March 1990

	Title
1	Short Title
2	Restrictions on use of name of Department in certain cases
	Administrative information

An Act to amend the Scientific and Industrial Research

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

1 Short Title

This Act may be cited as the Scientific and Industrial Research Amendment Act 1990, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Scientific and Industrial Research Act 1974 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

2 Restrictions on use of name of Department in certain cases

(1)

The principal Act is hereby amended by repealing section 13a (as inserted by section 2(1) of the Scientific and Industrial Research Amendment Act 1979), and substituting the following section:

“13a

“(1)

Except with the consent in writing of the Director-General, no person shall—

“(a)

Manufacture, sell, offer for sale, or distribute any goods; or

“(b)

Sell or supply, or offer for sale or supply, any services—

under or using any name, title, or description that contains the name of the Department, the name of any of its divisions, any abbreviation (including ‘DSIR’), or any logotype by which the Department or any such division may be generally known.

“(2)

Except with the consent in writing of the Director-General, no person shall publish or cause or permit to be published any advertisement that relates to any goods or services and that—

“(a)

Refers to the goods or services by any name, title, or description that contains the name of the Department, the name of any of its divisions, or any abbreviation (including the words ‘DSIR’) or any logotype by which the Department or division may be generally known; or

“(b)

Is calculated or likely to cause any other person to believe that the goods or services were developed, tested, or approved by or in the Department or by or in any research establishment administered by it.

“(3)

Every person commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 who contravenes the provisions of this section.”

(2)

The Scientific and Industrial Research Amendment Act 1979 is hereby consequentially repealed.

This Act is administered in the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.

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