Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind Act Repeal Act 2016
Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind Act Repeal Act 2016
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Accordingly, the Act is spent, and it is desirable that it be repealed: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The Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind Act 2002 (2002 No 3 (P)) is repealed.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 |