2021/405
Cindy Kiro, Governor-General
At Wellington this 29th day of November 2021
Present:Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council
This order is made under section 435(8)(b) of the Customs and Excise Act 2018 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council.
This order is the Customs and Excise (Specified RCEP Parties) Order 2021.
This order comes into force on 1 January 2022.
(1)
Each country listed in the Schedule is declared to be a specified RCEP party for the purposes of section 435 of the Customs and Excise Act 2018.
(2)
If a country is listed without a date next to it, the country is a specified RCEP party on and from the commencement date of this order.
(3)
If a country is listed with a date next to it, the country is a specified RCEP party on and from that date.
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Australia
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
China
Japan
Lao PDR
Singapore
Thailand
Viet Nam
Michael Webster, Clerk of the Executive Council.
This order, which comes into force on 1 January 2022, declares the countries listed in the Schedule to be specified parties to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (the RCEP) for the purposes of the Customs and Excise Act 2018. Those countries are also specified parties for the purposes of the Tariff Act 1988, under the Tariff (Specified RCEP Parties) Order 2021.
The effect of this order is to enable authorised certification bodies to issue New Zealand certificates of origin in respect of goods for export to those countries.
Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.
Date of notification in Gazette: 2 December 2021.
This order is administered by the New Zealand Customs Service.