Tariff (Free Trade Agreement between New Zealand and the Republic of Korea) Amendment Act 2015
Reprint as at 20 December 2015
Tariff (Free Trade Agreement between New Zealand and the Republic of Korea) Amendment Act 2015
Public Act |
2015 No 88 |
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Date of assent |
28 September 2015 |
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Commencement |
see section 2 |
Note
Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.
Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment.
Contents
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
1 Title
This Act is the Tariff (Free Trade Agreement between New Zealand and the Republic of Korea) Amendment Act 2015.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into force on a date appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council.
Section 2 this Act: brought into force, on 20 December 2015, by the Tariff (Free Trade Agreement between New Zealand and the Republic of Korea) Amendment Act 2015 Commencement Order 2015 (LI 2015/318).
Amendments to Tariff Act 1988
3 Principal Act
Sections 4 and 5 amend the Tariff Act 1988 (the principal Act).
4 Section 15A amended (Interpretation)
(1)
In section 15A, definition of free trade agreement, replace paragraph (d) with:
(d)
the Malaysia FTA; or
(e)
the Republic of Korea FTA
(2)
In section 15A, insert in its appropriate alphabetical order:
Republic of Korea FTA means the Free Trade Agreement between New Zealand and the Republic of Korea done at Seoul on 23 March 2015
5 Section 15H amended (Provisional transitional safeguard measure)
In section 15H(1)(b)(ii), replace “or the Malaysia FTA,”
with “the Malaysia FTA, or the Republic of Korea FTA,”
.
Amendments to Tariff
6 Tariff amended
Sections 7 and 8, in accordance with section 9F(1) of the principal Act, amend the Tariff.
7 Tariff, note 2 amended
In the notes to the Tariff, note 2, penultimate paragraph, after “HK,”
, insert “KR,”
.
8 Tariff, note 3 amended
In the notes to the Tariff, note 3, below the item relating to Hong Kong, China, insert:
| Korea, Republic of | KR |
Reprints notes
1 General
This is a reprint of the Tariff (Free Trade Agreement between New Zealand and the Republic of Korea) Amendment Act 2015 that incorporates all the amendments to that Act as at the date of the last amendment to it.
2 Legal status
Reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by any amendments to that enactment. Section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012 provides that this reprint, published in electronic form, has the status of an official version under section 17 of that Act. A printed version of the reprint produced directly from this official electronic version also has official status.
3 Editorial and format changes
Editorial and format changes to reprints are made using the powers under sections 24 to 26 of the Legislation Act 2012. See also http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/.
4 Amendments incorporated in this reprint
Tariff (Free Trade Agreement between New Zealand and the Republic of Korea) Amendment Act 2015 Commencement Order 2015 (LI 2015/318)