This Act may be cited as the Citizenship Amendment Act 1992, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Citizenship Act 1977 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

(1) This subsection amended the definition of the term Crown service under the New Zealand Government in s 2 of the principal Act.

(2) This subsection inserted the definitions of the terms Armed Forces, Employee, and Ordinarily resident in section 2 of the principal Act.

This section substituted s 3(2) and inserted s 3(2A) of the principal Act.

(1) This subsection substituted s 6(4) of the principal Act.

(2) The following provisions are hereby consequentially repealed:

• (a) Section 10 of the Foreign Affairs Amendment Act 1988:

• (b) So much of the Schedule to the External Relations Act 1988 as relates to the Citizenship Act 1977:

• (c) So much of Schedule 2 to the New Zealand Trade Development Board Act 1988 as relates to the Citizenship Act 1977.

This section substituted s 7(2), and inserted s 7(3) of the principal Act.

This section substituted s 8(2)(f)(i) of the principal Act.

This section inserted s 8A of the principal Act.

(1) This subsection repealed s 9(1)(b) of the principal Act.

(2) This subsection amended s 9(2) of the principal Act.

(3) This subsection amended s 9(3) of the principal Act.

This section amended s 13(4)(b) of the principal Act.

This section substituted s 21 of the principal Act.

(1) This subsection amended s 27(1) of the principal Act.

(2) This subsection amended s 27(2) of the principal Act.

(1) This subsection substituted s 28(f) and (g) of the principal Act.

(2) This subsection amended s 28(i) of the principal Act.

(3) This subsection inserted s 28(i)(viia) and (viib) of the principal Act.

(4) This subsection inserted section 28(2).

The imposition, recovery, and application of fees under regulation 14 of the Citizenship Regulations 1978 in respect of certificates of confirmation of status as a New Zealand citizen and denial of status as a New Zealand citizen are hereby validated and deemed to have been lawfully imposed, recovered, and applied.

Notwithstanding anything in this Act or any other enactment, but subject to section 13 of this Act, every application lodged under the principal Act before the date on which this Act comes into force, but not finally determined before that date, shall be determined as if this Act had not been passed.