Electronic Identity Verification Amendment Regulations 2015

2015/44

Coat of Arms of New Zealand

Electronic Identity Verification Amendment Regulations 2015

Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 2nd day of March 2015

Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council

Pursuant to section 67 of the Electronic Identity Verification Act 2012, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.

Regulations

1 Title

  • These regulations are the Electronic Identity Verification Amendment Regulations 2015.

2 Commencement

  • These regulations come into force on 2 April 2015.

3 Principal regulations
4 Schedule 1 amended

  • In Schedule 1, insert in their appropriate alphabetical order the items set out in the Schedule of these regulations.

Schedule
New items inserted in Schedule 1

r 4

Insurance Quotes Limited

Medi-map Limited

NZ Tax Refunds Limited

Online Realty International Limited

PropertyNZ Limited

SafeKiwi (New Zealand) Limited

Secured Signing Limited

Spark Foundation

Trustworks New Zealand Limited

Michael Webster,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.

These regulations, which come into force on 2 April 2015, amend the Electronic Identity Verification Regulations 2013 (the principal regulations). The principal regulations are made under the Electronic Identity Verification Act 2012 (the Act).

The Act provides for the Electronic Identity Verification Service (the Service). Among other things, the Service enables a person to verify his or her identity by electronic means in order to meet the identification requirements of participating agencies in relation to certain transactions and services. The Service also enables entities that are declared by regulations to be participating agencies to verify a person’s identity by electronic means, provided they have the person’s consent to verification using the Service.

These regulations add 9 bodies to those declared by regulation 4 of the principal regulations to be participating agencies for the purposes of the Act.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 5 March 2015.

These regulations are administered by the Department of Internal Affairs.