COVID-19 Response (Requirements For Entities—Modifications and Exemptions) (Māori Trust Boards—Annual Hui) Notice 2021

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Reprint as at 1 April 2021

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COVID-19 Response (Requirements For Entities—Modifications and Exemptions) (Māori Trust Boards—Annual Hui) Notice 2021

(LI 2021/52)

COVID-19 Response (Requirements For Entities—Modifications and Exemptions) (Māori Trust Boards—Annual Hui) Notice 2021: revoked, on the close of 31 March 2021, by clause 3.

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

Pursuant to section 26 of the COVID-19 Response (Requirements For Entities—Modifications and Exemptions) Act 2020, the Minister for Māori Development gives the following notice after complying with section 27 of that Act.

Notice

1 Title

This notice is the COVID-19 Response (Requirements For Entities—Modifications and Exemptions) (Māori Trust Boards—Annual Hui) Notice 2021.

2 Commencement

This notice comes into force on the day after the date of its notification in the Gazette.

3 Revocation of this notice

This notice is revoked on the close of 31 March 2021.

4 Interpretation

In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires,—

Māori Trust Board or Board has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Act.

5 Application

(1)

This notice applies to the hui of a Māori Trust Board under section 23C of the Act if—

(a)

the Board informs the chief executive of Te Puni Kōkiri to the effect that it intends to postpone, or has postponed, the hui because of the effects of COVID-19; and

(b)

the deadline under section 23C(1) of the Act for holding the hui falls between the start of 21 March 2020 and the close of 31 March 2021.

(2)

This notice applies to the hui regardless of whether—

(a)

the Board complies with subclause (1)(a) before, on, or after the commencement of this notice; or

(b)

the hui is held before, on, or after the commencement of this notice.

6 Exemptions and conditions

(1)

A Māori Trust Board that is required to hold a hui to which this notice applies is exempt from the deadline for holding the hui under section 23C(1) of the Act.

(2)

The exemption applies on the condition that the Board hold the hui before the close of 31 March 2021.

(3)

Sections 23C(2), 23D, and 31(2) of the Act apply to a hui that is held under section 23C(1) in accordance with subclause (2).

Dated at Wellington this 25th day of March 2021.

Hon Willie Jackson,
Minister for Māori Development.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the notice, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This notice comes into force on the day after the date of its notification in the Gazette and revokes itself at the close of 31 March 2021. It grants an exemption from section 23C(1) of the Maori Trust Boards Act 1955 (the Act) to enable annual hui required by that section to be postponed to any time before the close of 31 March 2021.

This notice applies to a hui if—

  • the relevant Māori Trust Board informs the chief executive of Te Puni Kōkiri that it intends to postpone, or has postponed, the hui because of the effects of COVID-19; and

  • the deadline under section 23C(1) of the Act for holding the hui falls between the start of 21 March 2020 and the close of 31 March 2021.

Statement of reasons

The Minister for Māori Development has granted the exemption set out in this notice (and is satisfied that it is appropriate) because it is necessary or desirable to ensure that the deadline for holding annual hui under section 23C(1) of the Act is not unduly onerous or burdensome due to the effects of COVID-19.

The Minister relied on section 28(3) of the COVID-19 Response (Requirements For Entities—Modifications and Exemptions) Act 2020 not to engage about the exemptions set out in this notice because the Minister was satisfied that the exemptions benefit Māori Trust Boards and their beneficiaries and do not materially detrimentally affect any person.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 29 March 2021.

Reprints notes
1 General

This is a reprint of the COVID-19 Response (Requirements For Entities—Modifications and Exemptions) (Māori Trust Boards—Annual Hui) Notice 2021 that incorporates all the amendments to that notice 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

COVID-19 Response (Requirements For Entities—Modifications and Exemptions) (Māori Trust Boards—Annual Hui) Notice 2021 (LI 2021/52): clause 3