Regulatory Systems (Housing) Amendment Act 2019

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Regulatory Systems (Housing) Amendment Act 2019

Public Act
 
2019 No 64
Date of assent
 
13 November 2019
Commencement
 
see section 2

The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:

1 Title

This Act is the Regulatory Systems (Housing) Amendment Act 2019.

2 Commencement

This Act comes into force immediately after the expiry of the 2-month period that starts on the date of Royal assent.

Part 1 Amendments to Public and Community Housing Management Act 1992

3 Amendments to Public and Community Housing Management Act 1992

This Part amends the Public and Community Housing Management Act 1992.

4 Section 172 amended (Register of community housing providers)

(1)

In section 172(c), replace “the full details” with “in the case of a registered provider who obtains a class of registration that qualifies that provider as being eligible to receive Crown grants or assets of the Crown or a Crown entity, the full details”.

(2)

In section 172, insert as subsection (2):

(2)

Subsection (1)(b) does not require the authority to include on the register information about a person whose membership on a provider’s governing body ended before the provider became a registered community housing provider, but the authority has discretion to include that information.

Part 2 Amendments to Retirement Villages Act 2003

5 Amendments to Retirement Villages Act 2003

This Part amends the Retirement Villages Act 2003.

6 New section 3A inserted (Transitional, savings, and related provisions)

After section 3, insert:

3A Transitional, savings, and related provisions

The transitional, savings, and related provisions set out in Schedule 1AA have effect according to their terms.

7 Section 79 amended (Contraventions of certain provisions an offence)

(1)

In section 79(3), delete “, 26”.

(2)

In section 79(3), delete “, 92(2)”.

8 New Schedule 1AA inserted

Insert the Schedule 1AA set out in the Schedule of this Act as the first schedule to appear after the last section of the principal Act.

Schedule New Schedule 1AA inserted into Retirement Villages Act 2003

s 8

Schedule 1AA Transitional, savings, and related provisions

s 3A

Part 1 Provisions relating to Regulatory Systems (Housing) Amendment Act 2019

1 Application of amendments to section 79 (Contraventions of certain provisions an offence)

The amendments made by section 7 of the Regulatory Systems (Housing) Amendment Act 2019 do not apply to offences committed before the date on which that section commenced.

Legislative history

12 December 2018

Introduction (Bill 102–1)

21 February 2019

First reading and referral to Social Services and Community Committee

2 August 2019

Reported from Social Services and Community Committee (Bill 102–2)

17 October 2019

Second reading

22 October 2019

Committee of the whole House (Bill 102–3)

7 November 2019

Third reading

13 November 2019

Royal assent

This Act is administered by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development.