Reprint as at 1 July 2017
Fire Service Amendment Act 1992: repealed, on 1 July 2017, pursuant to section 195(a) of the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017 (2017 No 17).
Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this eprint. See the notes at the end of this eprint for further details.
This Act is administered in the Department of Internal Affairs.
An Act to amend The Fire Service Act 1975
BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows:
(1)
This Act may be cited as the Fire Service Amendment Act 1992, and shall be read together with and deemed part of The Fire Service Act 1975 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
(2)
Except as provided in section 3(2) of this Act, this Act shall come into force on the day on which it receives the Royal assent.
This subsection substituted section 48(6), and added sections 48(6A) and (6B), of the principal Act.
Notwithstanding anything in section 48(6) of the principal Act (as substituted by subsection (1) of this section), in the case of any contract of fire insurance that—
Is entered into or renewed during the period beginning on the date of the commencement of this Act and ending with the close of the 28th day of February 1993; and
Specifies an indemnity value of the property insured,—
the levy payable under the principal Act shall be computed on the basis of that indemnity value.
Notwithstanding anything in section 14(8) of The Earthquake and War Damage Act 1944 or any other enactment, in the case of any contract of fire insurance entered into by the Crown that—
Is expressed to take effect after the 30th day of June 1991 but not later than the 31st day of December 1992; but
Does not render the Crown liable to pay a levy under the principal Act to the Earthquake and War Damage Commission,—
the Crown shall be deemed to be liable, and shall remain liable while the contract subsists, to pay such a levy to the Commission on—
The stated indemnity value of the contract (if any); or
If the contract does not state an indemnity value, an indemnity value given by the insured.
This section shall come into force on the 1st day of January 1993.
This is an eprint of the Fire Service Amendment Act 1992 that incorporates all the amendments to that Act as at the date of the last amendment to it.
This eprint is not an official version of the legislation under section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012.
Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017 (2017 No 17): section 195(a)