COVID-19 Response (Requirements For Entities—Modifications and Exemptions) (Extension) Order 2022

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  • COVID-19 Response (Requirements For Entities—Modifications and Exemptions) (Extension) Order 2022: revoked, on 1 November 2022, by clause 5.

Version as at 1 November 2022

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COVID-19 Response (Requirements For Entities—Modifications and Exemptions) (Extension) Order 2022

(SL 2022/103)

COVID-19 Response (Requirements For Entities—Modifications and Exemptions) (Extension) Order 2022: revoked, on 1 November 2022, by clause 5.

Cindy Kiro, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 4th day of April 2022

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 42B of the COVID-19 Response (Requirements For Entities—Modifications and Exemptions) Act 2020—

(a)

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

(b)

on the joint recommendation of the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs made in accordance with section 42B(6) to (8) of that Act.

Order

1 Title

This order is the COVID-19 Response (Requirements For Entities—Modifications and Exemptions) (Extension) Order 2022.

2 Commencement

This order comes into force on 30 April 2022.

4 Six-month extensions relating to sections 10A, 13A, 26A, and 30A of Act

The following are extended for a further period that starts on 1 May 2022 and ends on the close of 30 October 2022:

(a)

in relation to all entities, the application of each of sections 10A and 13A of the Act:

(b)

all powers to grant exemptions under section 26A of the Act:

(c)

the power to grant relief under section 30A of the Act.

5 Revocation

This order is revoked on 1 November 2022.

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 30 April 2022 and is revoked on 1 November 2022, extends the application of sections 10A and 13A of the COVID-19 Response (Requirements For Entities—Modifications and Exemptions) Act 2020 (the Act), and the powers under sections 26A and 30A of the Act, until the close of 30 October 2022.

Statement of reasons

The Minister of Finance and the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs are satisfied that this order is desirable to address the effects of COVID-19, and that the period of each extension contained within it is no longer than is reasonably necessary to address the matters that gave rise to it. COVID-19 is spreading in the community, restrictions are in place, and enhanced restrictions are possible (if, for example, a new variant of concern were to arise), which may impact on the ability of entities to hold in-person meetings and conduct their business. It is uncertain how long this will last.

Accordingly,—

  • an extension to the application of sections 10A and 13A would enable entities to continue to govern themselves with confidence that their decisions will not be compromised by any procedural adjustments made reasonably necessary by the effects of COVID-19 and allowed under those sections:

  • an extension to the exemption powers under Part 3 of the Act will allow Registrars or relevant Ministers, or the Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court, to continue to grant relief from compliance with certain obligations if the requirements of the Act for granting the exemption are met.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 7 April 2022.

Notes
1 General

This is a consolidation of the COVID-19 Response (Requirements For Entities—Modifications and Exemptions) (Extension) Order 2022 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

COVID-19 Response (Requirements For Entities—Modifications and Exemptions) (Extension) Order 2022 (SL 2022/103): clause 5