Subordinate Legislation (Confirmation and Validation) Act 2015: repealed, on 17 December 2016, by section 6 of the Subordinate Legislation Confirmation Act 2016 (2016 No 103).

Note

Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.

Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.

The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:

1 Title

This Act is the Subordinate Legislation (Confirmation and Validation) Act 2015.

2 Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.

Part 1 General and technical provisions

3 Purpose of this Act

(1)

The purpose of this Act is to prevent the lapse of certain subordinate legislation that, by virtue of the Acts under which it is made, lapses at a stated time unless earlier confirmed or validated by an Act of Parliament.

(2)

Lapse, in this section, means expiry or deemed revocation.

4 Validations to prevent expiry do not cure invalidity, etc

In the light of their purpose, the validations effected by sections 13, 15, and 16 do not—

(a)

express an intention to give legislative force to the provisions of the enactments validated; or

(b)

apply to any reason for invalidating the enactments; or

(c)

override any presumption that would otherwise apply to the enactments.

5 Act binds the Crown

This Act binds the Crown.

6 Repeal

The Subordinate Legislation (Confirmation and Validation) Act 2014 (2014 No 70) is repealed.

Part 2 Confirmations and validations

7 Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997

The Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (Fees, Charges, and Levies) Regulations 2015 (LI 2015/93) are confirmed.

8 Animal Products Act 1999

The following regulations are confirmed:

(a)

Animal Products (Fees, Charges, and Levies) Amendment Regulations 2015 (LI 2015/94):

(b)

Animal Products (Dairy Industry Fees, Charges, and Levies) Regulations 2015 (LI 2015/95).

9 Biosecurity Act 1993

The following orders are confirmed:

(a)

Biosecurity (Readiness and Response—Kiwifruit Levy) Order 2015 (LI 2015/12):

(b)

Biosecurity (System Entry Levy) Amendment Order 2015 (LI 2015/91).

10 Commodity Levies Act 1990

The following orders are confirmed:

(a)

Commodity Levies (Feijoas) Order 2014 (LI 2014/261):

(b)

Commodity Levies (Passionfruit) Order 2014 (LI 2014/271):

(c)

Commodity Levies (Wheat Grain) Order 2014 (LI 2014/272):

(d)

Commodity Levies (Summerfruit) Order 2014 (LI 2014/278):

(e)

Commodity Levies (Milksolids) Order 2014 (LI 2014/363):

(f)

Commodity Levies (Non-proprietary and Uncertified Herbage Seeds) Order 2014 (LI 2014/389):

(g)

Commodity Levies (Passionfruit) Amendment Order 2015 (LI 2015/56).

11 Customs and Excise Act 1996

The following orders are confirmed:

(a)

Customs Import Prohibition Order 2014 (LI 2014/255):

(b)

Customs Export Prohibition Order 2014 (LI 2014/256):

(c)

Excise and Excise-equivalent Duties Table (Tobacco Products Indexation and Separate 10% Increase) Amendment Order 2014:

(d)

Customs Import Prohibition (Toothfish) Order 2015 (LI 2015/64):

(e)

Customs Export Prohibition (Toothfish) Order 2015 (LI 2015/65):

(f)

Excise and Excise-equivalent Duties Table (Alcoholic Beverages Indexation) Amendment Order 2015.

12 National Animal Identification and Tracing Act 2012

The National Animal Identification and Tracing (Levies) Amendment Regulations 2015 (LI 2015/130) are confirmed.

13 New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001 and Social Security Act 1964

The Social Security (Rates of Benefits and Allowances) Order 2015 (LI 2015/33) is validated and confirmed.

14 Road User Charges Act 2012

The Road User Charges (Rates) Regulations 2015 (LI 2015/87) are confirmed.

15 Tariff Act 1988

The Tariff (Concessions) Amendment Order 2014 is validated and confirmed.

16 Veterans’ Support Act 2014 and War Pensions Act 1954

The Veterans’ Support (Rates of War Pensions Act 1954 Allowances) Order 2015 (LI 2015/51), if section 75C(4) of the War Pensions Act 1954 applies to it, is validated and confirmed.

17 Wine Act 2003

The Wine Amendment Regulations 2015 (LI 2015/97) are confirmed.

Reprints notes

1 General

This is a reprint of the Subordinate Legislation (Confirmation and Validation) Act 2015 that incorporates all the amendments to that Act as at the date of the last amendment to it.

2 Legal status

Reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by any amendments to that enactment. Section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012 provides that this reprint, published in electronic form, has the status of an official version under section 17 of that Act. A printed version of the reprint produced directly from this official electronic version also has official status.

3 Editorial and format changes

Editorial and format changes to reprints are made using the powers under sections 24 to 26 of the Legislation Act 2012. See also http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/.

4 Amendments incorporated in this reprint

Subordinate Legislation Confirmation Act 2016 (2016 No 103): section 6

Subordinate Legislation (Confirmation and Validation) Act 2015