New Zealand Business Number (Organisation Parts Data) Order 2020

2020/79

Coat of Arms of New Zealand

New Zealand Business Number (Organisation Parts Data) Order 2020

Patsy Reddy, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 11th day of May 2020

Present:
The Right Hon Jacinda Ardern presiding in Council

This order is made under section 22 of the New Zealand Business Number Act 2016—

(a)

on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council; and

(b)

on the recommendation of the Minister for Small Business made in accordance with section 22(2) of that Act.

Order

1 Title

This order is the New Zealand Business Number (Organisation Parts Data) Order 2020.

2 Commencement

This order comes into force on 12 May 2020.

3 Schedule 4 of New Zealand Business Number Act 2016 amended

In Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 4 of the New Zealand Business Number Act 2016, after the item relating to Australian Business Number (ABN), insert:

For each organisation part that the entity wants recorded on the register—

(a)

unique identifying number, the format of which has been approved by the Registrar

(b)

name (or if it is not named, an identifying description)

(c)

purpose or purposes (such as functions, scopes, areas of operation, or intended uses or services)

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 12 May 2020, adds information concerning organisation parts to the lists of information in Schedule 4 of the New Zealand Business Number Act 2016. The effect of this is that businesses in New Zealand that are organised into parts will be able to choose to have a unique identifying number assigned to a part (or parts) of the business, and for that information to be displayed on the New Zealand Business Number Register.

In most cases, a New Zealand Business Number identifying the principal business is sufficient to enable a business to interact with other organisations and accurately identify itself. For others, it is useful to be able to represent different parts of the business; for example, certain internal business units or offices in different geographic locations.

The ability to identify different parts of a business with certainty will also contribute to the Government’s proposal to develop contact tracing systems in response to the effects of COVID-19. Accordingly, the order will come into force earlier than 28 days after the date of its notification in the Gazette.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 11 May 2020.

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