WorkSafe New Zealand Amendment Act 2015 Commencement Order 2016

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WorkSafe New Zealand Amendment Act 2015 Commencement Order 2016

Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 15th day of February 2016

Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council

This order is made under section 2(1) of the WorkSafe New Zealand Amendment Act 2015 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council.

Order

1 Title

This order is the WorkSafe New Zealand Amendment Act 2015 Commencement Order 2016.

2 Commencement of certain provisions of WorkSafe New Zealand Amendment Act 2015

The following provisions of the WorkSafe New Zealand Amendment Act 2015 come into force on 4 April 2016:

(a)

section 4(1), (3), and (4):

(b)

sections 5 to 8.

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 brings the following provisions of the WorkSafe New Zealand Amendment Act 2015 (the amendment Act) into force on 4 April 2016:

Sections 4 to 7 of the amendment Act consequentially amend sections 3, 7, 8, and 9 of the WorkSafe New Zealand Act 2013 (the principal Act) in order to insert new definitions and align the terminology used in the principal Act with the terminology used in the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015. Section 8 of the amendment Act amends section 10 of the principal Act to provide WorkSafe New Zealand with 3 new functions in addition to its existing functions.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 18 February 2016.

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