Subordinate Legislation (Confirmation and Validation) Act 2014: repealed, on 11 December 2015, by section 6 of the Subordinate Legislation (Confirmation and Validation) Act 2015 (2015 No 119).

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 2014.

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

The purpose of this Act is to prevent the lapse (expiry or deemed revocation) 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.

4 Validations to prevent expiry do not cure invalidity, etc

In the light of their purpose, the validations effected by sections 10, 12, and 13 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 any of those enactments; or

(c)

override any presumption that would otherwise apply to any of those enactments.

5 Act binds the Crown

This Act binds the Crown.

6 Repeal

The Subordinate Legislation (Confirmation and Validation) Act 2013 (2013 No 142) is repealed.

Part 2 Confirmations and validations

7 Biosecurity Act 1993

The Biosecurity (System Entry Levy) (Border Processing– –Trade Single Window) Amendment Order 2014 (LI 2014/156) is confirmed.

8 Commodity Levies Act 1990

The following orders are confirmed:

9 Customs and Excise Act 1996

The following orders are confirmed:

(a)

Customs Import Prohibition (Southern Bluefin Tuna) Order 2013 (SR 2013/337):

(b)

Customs Export Prohibition (Livestock for Slaughter) Order 2013 (SR 2013/457):

(c)

Customs Import Prohibition (High-power Laser Pointers) Order 2013 (SR 2013/485):

(d)

Excise and Excise-equivalent Duties Table (Tobacco Products Indexation and Separate 10% Increase) Amendment Order 2013:

(e)

Excise and Excise-equivalent Duties Table (Alcoholic Beverages Indexation) Amendment Order 2014.

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

The Social Security (Rates of Benefits and Allowances) Order 2014 (LI 2014/39) is validated and confirmed.

11 Road User Charges Act 2012

The Road User Charges (Rates) Regulations 2014 (LI 2014/146) are confirmed.

12 Tariff Act 1988

The Tariff (ANZTEC) Amendment Order 2013 is validated and confirmed.

13 War Pensions Act 1954

The War Pensions (Rates of Pensions, Lump Sum Payments, and Allowances) Order 2014 (LI 2014/60) is validated and confirmed.

Reprints notes

1 General

This is a reprint of the Subordinate Legislation (Confirmation and Validation) Act 2014 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 and Validation) Act 2015 (2015 No 119): section 6

Subordinate Legislation (Confirmation and Validation) Act 2014