State Sector (New Zealand Food Safety Authority) Amendment Order 2016

2016/124

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State Sector (New Zealand Food Safety Authority) Amendment Order 2016

Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 7th day of June 2016

Present:
The Right Hon John Key presiding in Council

This order is made under section 30K of the State Sector Act 1988 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council.

Order

1 Title

This order is the State Sector (New Zealand Food Safety Authority) Amendment Order 2016.

2 Commencement

This order comes into force on 30 June 2016.

3 Principal order

This order amends the State Sector (New Zealand Food Safety Authority) Order 2010 (the principal order).

4 Clause 5 amended (Application of consequential changes to references provisions)

In clause 5, replace “of 72 months, beginning on 1 July 2010 and ending on 30 June 2016,” with “beginning on 1 July 2010 and ending on 30 June 2020”.

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, which comes into force on 30 June 2016, amends the State Sector (New Zealand Food Safety Authority) Order 2010 (the principal order), which was made at the time of the abolition of the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) and the transfer of its functions to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) by exercise of the Crown’s prerogative on 1 July 2010.

The effect of the principal order is that, for a transitional period, references to the NZFSA or its chief executive can be read as references to MAF or its chief executive. That transitional period, as extended by the State Sector (Food Safety Authority) Amendment Order 2013, was due to expire on 30 June 2016. This order extends the transitional period to 30 June 2020.

A companion order to the principal order, the State Sector (Ministry for Primary Industries) Order 2012, provides that, for the same transitional period, references to MAF or its chief executive can be read as references to the Ministry for Primary Industries or its chief executive. The transitional period in that order is also to be extended (by the State Sector (Ministry for Primary Industries) Amendment Order 2016) to 30 June 2020.

The combined effect of the orders is that, until 30 June 2020, any references to the NZFSA or its chief executive can be read as references to the Ministry for Primary Industries or its chief executive.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 9 June 2016.

This order is administered by the State Services Commission.