Subordinate Legislation Confirmation Act 2020: repealed, on 14 December 2021, by section 6 of the Subordinate Legislation Confirmation Act 2021 (2021 No 56).

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.

The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:

1 Title

This Act is the Subordinate Legislation Confirmation Act 2020.

2 Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.

Part 1 Preliminary provisions

3 Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to confirm certain confirmable instruments and annual confirmable instruments that, unless earlier confirmed by an Act of Parliament, are—

(a)

revoked at the applicable deadline under section 47C(1)(a) or (b) of the Legislation Act 2012; or

(b)

taken after the applicable deadline to have been invalid for their past operation (because they have been revoked with effect before or on the deadline) under section 47D of the Legislation Act 2012.

4 Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, confirmable instrument and annual confirmable instrument have the same meanings as in section 47B of the Legislation Act 2012.

5 Act binds the Crown

This Act binds the Crown.

6 Repeal

The Subordinate Legislation Confirmation Act 2019 (2019 No 82) is repealed.

Part 2 Confirmations

7 Arms Act 1983

The following orders are confirmed:

(a)

Arms (Prohibited Ammunition) Amendment Order 2019 (LI 2019/248):

(b)

Arms (Prohibited Magazine) Order 2019 (LI 2019/289).

8 Biosecurity Act 1993

The following orders are confirmed:

(a)

Biosecurity (Response—Milksolids Levy) Order 2019 (LI 2019/181):

(b)

Biosecurity (Response—Onions Levy) Order 2019 (LI 2019/242):

(c)

Biosecurity (Readiness and Response—Summerfruit Levy) Order 2019 (LI 2019/243):

(d)

Biosecurity (Response—Plantation Forestry Levy) Order 2019 (LI 2019/244):

(e)

Biosecurity (Readiness and Response—Fresh Tomatoes Levy) Order 2019 (LI 2019/322):

(f)

Biosecurity (Readiness and Response—Meat Levy) Order 2019 (LI 2019/323):

(g)

Biosecurity (Readiness and Response—Citrus Fruit Levy) Order 2019 (LI 2019/324):

(h)

Biosecurity (American Foulbrood—Beekeeper Levy) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/43).

9 Commodity Levies Act 1990

The following orders are confirmed:

(a)

Commodity Levies (Blackcurrants) Order 2019 (LI 2019/213):

(b)

Commodity Levies (Harvested Wood Material) Order 2019 (LI 2019/232):

(c)

Commodity Levies (Citrus Fruit) Order 2019 (LI 2019/295):

(d)

Commodity Levies (Strawberries) Order 2020 (LI 2020/25):

(e)

Commodity Levies (Wheat Grain) Order 2020 (LI 2020/86):

(f)

Commodity Levies (Passionfruit) Order 2020 (LI 2020/140):

(g)

Commodity Levies (Summerfruit) Order 2020 (LI 2020/141):

(h)

Commodity Levies (Non-proprietary and Uncertified Herbage Seeds) Order 2020 (LI 2020/142).

10 Customs and Excise Act 2018

The following orders are confirmed:

(a)

Customs Export Prohibition (Green-lipped Mussel Spat) Order 2019 (LI 2019/209):

(b)

Customs Import Prohibition (Coins and Bank Notes) Order 2019 (LI 2019/210):

(c)

Customs Import Prohibition (Goods Produced by Prison Labour) Order 2019 (LI 2019/211):

(d)

Customs Import Prohibition (High-power Laser Pointers) Order 2019 (LI 2019/294):

(e)

Excise and Excise-equivalent Duties Table (Tobacco Products Indexation and Separate 10% Increase) Amendment Order 2019:

(f)

Excise and Excise-equivalent Duties Table (Alcoholic Beverages Indexation) Amendment Order 2020.

11 New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001 and Social Security Act 2018

The Social Security (Rates of Benefits and Allowances) Order 2020 (LI 2020/13) is confirmed.

12 Road User Charges Act 2012

The following regulations are confirmed:

(a)

Road User Charges (Rates) Amendment Regulations 2020 (LI 2020/73):

(b)

Road User Charges (Rates) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2020 (LI 2020/143).

13 Social Security Act 2018

The following orders are confirmed:

(a)

Social Security (Definitions of Income Test 1, Income Test 2, Income Test 3, and Income Test 4) Order 2020 (LI 2020/14):

(b)

Social Security (Rates of Benefits and Allowances) (COVID-19 Recovery Package) Amendment Order 2020 (LI 2020/49):

(c)

Social Security (COVID-19 Increase to Rates of Orphan’s Benefit and Unsupported Child’s Benefit) Order 2020 (LI 2020/126).

14 Tariff Act 1988

The Tariff (ANZSCEP) Amendment Order 2019 is confirmed.

Notes

1 General

This is a consolidation of the Subordinate Legislation Confirmation Act 2020 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

Subordinate Legislation Confirmation Act 2021 (2021 No 56): section 6

Subordinate Legislation Confirmation Act 2020