New Zealand Business Number (Māori Entity Identifier) Order 2020

2020/200

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New Zealand Business Number (Māori Entity Identifier) Order 2020

Patsy Reddy, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 10th day of August 2020

Present:
Her Excellency the Governor-General 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 (Māori Entity Identifier) Order 2020.

2 Commencement

This order comes into force on 14 September 2020.

3 Schedule 4 of New Zealand Business Number Act 2016 amended

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

Whether the entity is a Māori entity and, if it is, the factors that indicate that the entity is a Māori entity

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 14 September 2020, adds information indicating whether an entity is a Māori entity to the lists of information in Schedule 4 of the New Zealand Business Number Act 2016. The effect of this is that entities will be able to provide information about whether they are a Māori entity and, if they are, the factors that indicate that the business is a Māori entity.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 13 August 2020.

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