Legislation (Publication) Order 2013

2013/244

Coat of Arms of New Zealand

Legislation (Publication) Order 2013

Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 10th day of June 2013

Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council

Pursuant to section 6 of the Legislation Act 2012, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following order.

Order

1 Title

  • This order is the Legislation (Publication) Order 2013.

2 Commencement

  • This order comes into force on 5 August 2013.

3 Authority to publish legislation in printed form

  • (1) The Chief Parliamentary Counsel may arrange for copies of legislation to be published in printed form.

    (2) The legislation concerned is—

    • (a) Acts enacted by Parliament after the commencement of this order:

    • (b) legislative instruments made after the commencement of this order:

    • (c) reprints of Acts and legislative instruments, and any reprints of regulations made before the commencement of this order:

    • (d) reprints of Imperial enactments and Imperial subordinate legislation:

    • (e) any instrument published under section 14 of the Legislation Act 2012 in electronic form.

    (3) Every copy of any legislation printed under this order must state that it is issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Rebecca Kitteridge,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order, which comes into force on 5 August 2013, authorises the Chief Parliamentary Counsel to print legislation in hard copy form.

Section 6 of the Legislation Act 2012 requires the Chief Parliamentary Counsel to publish legislation electronically. This is done on the Parliamentary Counsel Office's New Zealand Legislation website (www.legislation.govt.nz). The printing of legislation for the public can be authorised or directed by Order in Council. A list of places where printed legislation can be bought is located on the Parliamentary Counsel Office's corporate website (www.pco.parliament.govt.nz).

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 13 June 2013.

This order is administered by the Parliamentary Counsel Office.