Tariff (Specified RCEP Parties) Order 2021

Version as at 2 January 2023

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Tariff (Specified RCEP Parties) Order 2021

(SL 2021/406)

Cindy Kiro, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 29th day of November 2021

Present:
Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council

Note

The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.

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

This order is made under section 7A(1)(bc) of the Tariff Act 1988 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council.

Order

1 Title

This order is the Tariff (Specified RCEP Parties) Order 2021.

2 Commencement

This order comes into force on 1 January 2022.

3 Specified RCEP parties

(1)

Each country listed in the Schedule is declared to be a specified RCEP party for the purposes of the Tariff Act 1988.

(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.

Schedule Countries that are specified RCEP parties

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Australia

Brunei Darussalam

Cambodia

China

Indonesia (2 January 2023)

Japan

Lao PDR

Malaysia (18 March 2022)

Republic of Korea (1 February 2022)

Singapore

Thailand

Viet Nam

Schedule Indonesia (2 January 2023): inserted, on 2 January 2023, by clause 4 of the Tariff (Specified RCEP Parties—Indonesia) Amendment Order 2022 (SL 2022/318).

Schedule Malaysia (18 March 2022): inserted, on 18 March 2022, by clause 4 of the Tariff (Specified RCEP Parties—Malaysia) Amendment Order 2022 (SL 2022/12).

Schedule Republic of Korea (1 February 2022): inserted, on 1 February 2022, by clause 4 of the Tariff (Specified RCEP Parties—Republic of Korea) Amendment Order 2021 (SL 2021/435).

Michael Webster,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 2 December 2021.

Notes
1 General

This is a consolidation of the Tariff (Specified RCEP Parties) Order 2021 that incorporates the amendments made to the legislation so that it shows the law as at its stated date.

2 Legal status

A consolidation is taken to correctly state, as at its stated date, the law enacted or made by the legislation consolidated and by the amendments. This presumption applies unless the contrary is shown.

Section 78 of the Legislation Act 2019 provides that this consolidation, published as an electronic version, is an official version. A printed version of legislation that is produced directly from this official electronic version is also an official version.

3 Editorial and format changes

The Parliamentary Counsel Office makes editorial and format changes to consolidations using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. See also PCO editorial conventions for consolidations.

4 Amendments incorporated in this consolidation

Tariff (Specified RCEP Parties—Indonesia) Amendment Order 2022 (SL 2022/318)

Tariff (Specified RCEP Parties—Malaysia) Amendment Order 2022 (SL 2022/12)

Tariff (Specified RCEP Parties—Republic of Korea) Amendment Order 2021 (SL 2021/435)