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Radio New Zealand Act (No 2) 1995

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Act In force Latest version as at 03 September 2007 (as enacted) | 1995 No 53 | Administered by The Treasury
Radio New Zealand Act (No 2) 1995

Radio New Zealand Act (No 2) 1995

Public Act 1995 No 53
Date of assent 25 September 1995
Commencement see section 1(2)
Note

Contents

Title

1 Short Title and commencement

2 Amendments to State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986 and other Acts

Schedule
Enactments amended

An Act to remove The Radio Company Limited from the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986 and other legislation

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows:

1 Short Title and commencement

  • (1) This Act may be cited as the Radio New Zealand Act (No 2) 1995.

    (2) This Act shall come into force on a date to be appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council.

2 Amendments to State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986 and other Acts

  • The enactments specified in the Schedule to this Act are hereby amended in the manner indicated in that schedule.

Schedule
Enactments amended

Section 2
Act Amendment
1975, No 9-The Ombudsmen Act 1975 (RS Vol 21, p 657) By omitting from Part 2 of Schedule 1 the item relating to The Radio Company Limited (as substituted by section 20 of the Radio New Zealand Act 1995).
1982, No 156-The Official Information Act 1982 (RS Vol 21, p 579)

By omitting from Schedule 1 the item relating to the Radio Company Limited (as so substituted).

By omitting from Schedule 1 the item relating to The Radio Company Limited (as so substituted).
1986, No 124-The State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986 (RS Vol 33, p 813) By omitting from Schedule 2 the item relating to The Radio Company Limited (as so substituted).
1988, No 162-The State-Owned Enterprises Amendment Act (No 4) 1988 (RS Vol 33, p 877)

By omitting from section 4(1) the words “The Radio Company Limited and Television New Zealand Limited shall each operate” (as so substituted), and substituting the words “Television New Zealand Limited shall operate”.

By omitting from section 4(3) the words “The Radio Company Limited or” (as so substituted).

By repealing section 5(1) (as so amended), and substituting the following subsection:

  • “(1) Television New Zealand Limited shall-

    • “(a) Develop and publish in each year an equal employment opportunities programme:

    • “(b) Ensure in each year that the equal employment opportunities programme for that year is complied with.”

By omitting from section 6 the words “The Radio Company Limited or” (as so substituted).

By repealing section 7 (as so substituted), and substituting the following section:

“7 Ministers of the Crown not to give certain directions

  • “(1) Nothing in this Act or the principal Act authorises any Minister of the Crown to give a direction to Television New Zealand Limited, or any subsidiary of Television New Zealand Limited, or any director or officer or employee of Television New Zealand Limited or any such subsidiary, in respect of-

    • “(a) A particular programme or a particular allegation or a particular complaint; or

    • “(b) The gathering or presentation of news or the preparation or presentation of current affairs programmes; or

    • “(c) The responsibility of Television New Zealand Limited for programme standards.

    “(2) No director of Television New Zealand Limited or of any subsidiary of Television New Zealand Limited, may be removed for any reason relating to-

    • “(a) A particular programme or a particular allegation or a particular complaint; or

    • “(b) The gathering or presentation of news or the preparation or presentation of current affairs programmes; or

    • “(c) The responsibility of Television New Zealand Limited for programme standards.”
1993, No 28-The Privacy Act 1993

By omitting from the definition of the term “news medium” in section 2(1) the words “Radio New Zealand Limited, The Radio Company Limited, or” (as so substituted), and substituting the words “Radio New Zealand Limited or”.

By omitting from section 29(1)(g) the words “Radio New Zealand Limited, The Radio Company Limited, or” (as so substituted), and substituting the words “Radio New Zealand Limited or”.
1994, No 164-The Income Tax Act 1994  

  • The item relating to the Income Tax Act 1994 was repealed, as from 1 April 2005, by section YA 2 Income Tax Act 2004 (2004 No 35).

This Act is administered by the Treasury

Act In force Latest version as at 03 September 2007 (as enacted)
Radio New Zealand Act (No 2) 1995