Electronic Identity Verification Act Commencement Order 2013
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Electronic Identity Verification Act Commencement Order 2013
Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 18th day of February 2013
Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council
Pursuant to section 2(1) of the Electronic Identity Verification Act 2012, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following order.
Contents
2 Commencement of Parts 2 and 3 (except sections 67 to 72) and Schedules 1 and 2 of Electronic Identity Verification Act 2012
Order
1 Title
This order is the Electronic Identity Verification Act Commencement Order 2013.
2 Commencement of Parts 2 and 3 (except sections 67 to 72) and Schedules 1 and 2 of Electronic Identity Verification Act 2012
Parts 2 and 3 (except sections 67 to 72) and Schedules 1 and 2 of the Electronic Identity Verification Act 2012 come into force on 2 April 2013.
Michael Webster,
for Clerk of the Executive Council.
Explanatory note
This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.
This order brings Parts 2 and 3 (except sections 67 to 72) and Schedules 1 and 2 of the Electronic Identity Verification Act 2012 (the Act) into force on 2 April 2013. The rest of the Act came into force on 19 December 2012 pursuant to section 2(3) of the Act.
The purpose of the Act is to facilitate secure interactions (particularly online interactions) between individuals on the one hand and participating agencies on the other.
Date of notification in Gazette: 21 February 2013.
This order is administered by the Department of Internal Affairs.