Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind Act Repeal Act 2016
Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind Act Repeal Act 2016
Private Act |
2016 No 2 |
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Date of assent |
29 August 2016 |
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Commencement |
see section 2 |
Contents
Preamble
(1)
The Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind (the Foundation) was constituted by the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind Act 2002 (the Act) as a body corporate:
(2)
The Act provided an option for the Foundation to register as a society incorporated under the Incorporated Societies Act 1908, and was structured in such a way as to become spent if the Foundation chose to exercise the option:
(3)
The Foundation was incorporated under the Incorporated Societies Act 1908 on 10 January 2012:
(4)
Accordingly, the Act is spent, and it is desirable that it be repealed:
(5)
The objects of this Act cannot be achieved without the authority of Parliament:
The Parliament of New Zealand therefore enacts as follows:
1 Title
This Act is the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind Act Repeal Act 2016.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3 Repeal of Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind Act 2002
The Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind Act 2002 (2002 No 3 (P)) is repealed.
4 Consequential amendment to Copyright (General Matters) Regulations 1995
In the Copyright (General Matters) Regulations 1995, in regulation 5, replace paragraph (c) with:
(c)
the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind Incorporated, a society incorporated under the Incorporated Societies Act 1908:
Legislative history
17 November 2015 |
Introduction (Bill 96–1) |
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2 March 2016 |
First reading and referral to Health Committee |
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2 June 2016 |
Reported from Health Committee |
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29 June 2016 |
Second reading |
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10 August 2016 |
Committee of the whole House |
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24 August 2016 |
Third reading |
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29 August 2016 |
Royal assent |