Charities Amendment Act 2017
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Charities Amendment Act 2017
Public Act |
2017 No 1 |
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Date of assent |
13 February 2017 |
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Commencement |
see section 2 |
Contents
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
1 Title
This Act is the Charities Amendment Act 2017.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3 Principal Act
This Act amends the Charities Act 2005 (the principal Act).
4 Section 16 amended (Qualifications of officers of charitable entities)
Replace section 16(2)(c) with:
(c)
an individual who, or a body corporate that, has been convicted of either of the following and has been sentenced for the offence within the last 7 years:
(i)
a crime involving dishonesty (within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Crimes Act 1961):
(ii)
an offence under section 143B of the Tax Administration Act 1994:
5 Section 18 amended (Chief executive to consider application)
(1)
In section 18(2), after “documentation”
, insert “within 20 working days after the date of the request”
.
(2)
In section 18(3)(c)(ii), replace “a reasonable opportunity”
with “20 working days after the date of that notice”
.
(3)
After section 18(3), insert:
(3A)
An application is to be treated as withdrawn if an applicant fails to adequately respond to a request under subsection (2) or to make submissions to the chief executive on a matter in a notice given under subsection (3)(c) within—
(a)
20 working days after the date of the request or notice; or
(b)
a longer period that the chief executive allows at the request of the applicant.
6 Section 60 amended (High Court may make interim order pending determination of appeal)
In section 60(3), replace “chief executive”
with “Board”
.
Legislative history
15 June 2016 |
Divided from Statutes Amendment Bill (Bill 71–1) by Government Administration Committee |
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22 September 2016 |
Reported from Government Administration Committee |
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(Bill 71–2B) |
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2 November 2016 |
Second reading |
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15 November 2016 |
Committee of the whole House |
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7 February 2017 |
Third reading |
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13 February 2017 |
Royal assent |
This Act is administered by the Department of Internal Affairs.
Versions
Charities Amendment Act 2017
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