Copyright (Infringing File Sharing and Cellular Mobile Networks) Order 2015

  • revoked
  • Copyright (Infringing File Sharing and Cellular Mobile Networks) Order 2015: revoked, on 31 October 2015, by clause 5.

Reprint as at 31 October 2015

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Copyright (Infringing File Sharing and Cellular Mobile Networks) Order 2015

(LI 2015/208)

Copyright (Infringing File Sharing and Cellular Mobile Networks) Order 2015: revoked, on 31 October 2015, by clause 5.

Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 31st day of August 2015

Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council

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.

This order is administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment.

Pursuant to section 122S(3)(b) of the Copyright Act 1994, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council and on the recommendation of the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, makes the following order.

Order

1 Title

This order is the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing and Cellular Mobile Networks) Order 2015.

2 Commencement

This order comes into force on 30 September 2015.

3 Section 122S(2) of Copyright Act 1994 repealed

In the Copyright Act 1994, repeal section 122S(2).

5 Revocation of this order

This order is revoked on 31 October 2015.

Michael Webster,
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 repeals section 122S(2) of the Copyright Act 1994 (the Act) on 30 September 2015. Internet protocol address providers are currently exempted from the requirement to issue infringement notices for alleged copyright breaches in respect of services provided by way of a cellular mobile network (see section 122S(1) of the Act). The effect of this order is to extend that exemption indefinitely (but see section 122S(3)(a) of the Act).

Regulatory impact statement

The Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment produced a regulatory impact statement on 27 July 2015 to help inform the decisions taken by the Government relating to the contents of this instrument.

A copy of this regulatory impact statement can be found at—

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 3 September 2015.

Reprints notes
1 General

This is a reprint of the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing and Cellular Mobile Networks) Order 2015 that incorporates all the amendments to that order 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

Copyright (Infringing File Sharing and Cellular Mobile Networks) Order 2015 (LI 2015/208): clause 5