Contracts (Privity) Amendment Act 2002
Contracts (Privity) Amendment Act 2002
Contracts (Privity) Amendment Act 2002: repealed, on 1 September 2017, pursuant to section 345(1)(b) of the Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017 (2017 No 5).
Reprint as at 1 September 2017
Contracts (Privity) Amendment Act 2002
Public Act |
2002 No 77 |
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Date of assent |
18 December 2002 |
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Contracts (Privity) Amendment Act 2002: repealed, on 1 September 2017, pursuant to section 345(1)(b) of the Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017 (2017 No 5).
Note
Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this eprint. See the notes at the end of this eprint for further details.
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Justice.
Contents
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
1 Title
(1)
This Act is the Contracts (Privity) Amendment Act 2002.
(2)
In this Act, the Contracts (Privity) Act 1982 is called “the principal Act”
.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3 Interpretation
Section 2 of the principal Act is amended by repealing the definition of Court, and substituting the following definition:
Court means, in relation to any matter, the court, tribunal, or arbitral tribunal by or before which the matter falls to be determined
4 Limitation on variation or discharge of promise
Section 5 of the principal Act is amended by omitting the word “arbitrator”
in each place where it occurs, and substituting in each case the words “arbitral tribunal”
.
5 Availability of defences
Section 9(1) of the principal Act is amended by omitting the words “or an arbitration”
.
7 New section 13A inserted
The principal Act is amended by inserting, after section 13, the following section:
13A Act does not apply to promises, contracts, or deeds governed by foreign law
This Act does not apply to any promise, contract, or deed, or any part of any promise, contract, or deed, that is governed by a law other than New Zealand law.
Eprint notes
1 General
This is an eprint of the Contracts (Privity) Amendment Act 2002 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)(b)