Charities Amendment Act 2012

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Reprint as at 1 July 2012

Charities Amendment Act 2012

Public Act	2012 No 4
Date of assent	24 February 2012
Commencement	see section 2

Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.

This Act is administered by the Department of Internal Affairs.

Contents

3 Principal Act amended

4 Interpretation

5 Meaning of charitable purpose and effect of ancillary non-charitable purpose

6 Application for registration

7 Contents of register

8 Search of register

9 Duty to notify changes to Commission

10 Duty to prepare annual return

11 Regulations concerning content of annual returns

12 Commission may treat entity and affiliated or closely related entities as single entity

13 Parent entity may request means of compliance with duties

14 New section 72A inserted

72A Forms and requirements prescribed by Commission

16 Transitional provision for officers

17 Transitional provision for information or documentation received

18 Transitional provision for Commission prescribing form or requirement

19 Consequential amendments to Charities (Fees, Forms, and Other Matters) Regulations 2006

The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows: