Minors' Contracts Amendment Act 2005
Minors' Contracts Amendment Act 2005
Minors' Contracts Amendment Act 2005: repealed, on 1 September 2017, pursuant to section 345(1)(h) of the Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017 (2017 No 5).
Minors' Contracts Amendment Act 2005
Reprint as at 1 September 2017
Minors’ Contracts Amendment Act 2005
Public Act |
2005 No 16 |
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Date of assent |
24 March 2005 |
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Minors’ Contracts Amendment Act 2005: repealed, on 1 September 2017, pursuant to section 345(1)(h) of the Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017 (2017 No 5).
Contents
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
1 Title
(1)
This Act is the Minors’ Contracts Amendment Act 2005.
(2)
In this Act, the Minors’ Contracts Act 1969 is called “the principal Act”
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2 Commencement
This Act comes into force on 26 April 2005.
3 Interpretation
(1)
Section 2(1) of the principal Act is amended by inserting, after the definition of Court, the following definition:
minor means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years; and a person is of full age if he or she has attained the age of 18 years.
4 Married minors
(1)
The principal Act is amended by repealing section 4.
(2)
Section 66C of the Life Insurance Act 1908 is consequentially amended by repealing subsection (5).
5 Contracts of minors of or over the age of 18 years, certain contracts concerning life insurance, and contracts of service
6 Contracts of minors below the age of 18 years
(1)
Section 6 of the principal Act is amended by omitting the heading and substituting “Contracts of minors”
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(2)
Section 6 of the principal Act is amended by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:
(1)
Subject to the provisions of this section, every contract (other than a contract to which paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) of subsection 5(1) applies) entered into by a minor is unenforceable against the minor but otherwise has effect as if the minor were of full age.
7 Settlement of claims by minors
8 Agreements relating to trusts
Section 16(2) of the principal Act is amended by inserting, after the word “married”
, the words “, in a civil union, or in a de facto relationship”
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Eprint notes
1 General
This is an eprint of the Minors’ Contracts Amendment Act 2005 that incorporates all the amendments to that Act as at the date of the last amendment to it.
2 About this eprint
This eprint is not an official version of the legislation under section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012.
3 Amendments incorporated in this eprint
Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017 (2017 No 5): section 345(1)(h)