Charitable Trusts Regulations 2019
Version as at 30 March 2025
Charitable Trusts Regulations 2019
(LI 2019/168)
Patsy Reddy, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 29th day of July 2019
Present:
Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council
Note
The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.
Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.
These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Justice.
These regulations are made under section 62 of the Charitable Trusts Act 1957 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council.
Regulations
1 Title
These regulations are the Charitable Trusts Regulations 2019.
2 Commencement
These regulations come into force on 30 September 2019.
3 Interpretation
(1)
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,—
Act means the Charitable Trusts Act 1957
incorporation number, in relation to a board, means the number allocated to the board by the Registrar when the board is incorporated
New Zealand Business Number means the number allocated to an entity under the New Zealand Business Number Act 2016
register means the register kept by the Registrar in accordance with section 28(1) of the Act.
(2)
See also section 6 of the Act.
4 Transitional, savings, and related provisions
The transitional, savings, and related provisions (if any) set out in Schedule 1 have effect according to their terms.
5 Contents of register
In addition to the information specified in section 11(1) of the Act, the register must contain the following information about any trustees or society incorporated as a board under Part 2 of the Act:
(a)
the date on which the board was registered:
(b)
particulars as to whether the board is—
(i)
registered:
(ii)
subject to removal under section 26 or restoration under section 26AA of the Act:
(c)
the board’s incorporation number:
(d)
the board’s New Zealand Business Number (if any):
(e)
previous names of the board that are known to the Registrar (if any).
Regulation 5(b)(ii): amended, on 30 March 2025, by section 40(2) of the Regulatory Systems (Economic Development) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 11).
Schedule 1 Transitional, savings, and related provisions
Part 1 Provisions relating to these regulations as made
There are no transitional, savings, or related provisions relating to these regulations as made.
Rachel Hayward,
for the Clerk of the Executive Council.
Date of notification in Gazette: 1 August 2019.
Notes
1 General
This is a consolidation of the Charitable Trusts Regulations 2019 that incorporates the amendments made to the legislation so that it shows the law as at its stated date.
2 Legal status
A consolidation is taken to correctly state, as at its stated date, the law enacted or made by the legislation consolidated and by the amendments. This presumption applies unless the contrary is shown.
Section 78 of the Legislation Act 2019 provides that this consolidation, published as an electronic version, is an official version. A printed version of legislation that is produced directly from this official electronic version is also an official version.
3 Editorial and format changes
The Parliamentary Counsel Office makes editorial and format changes to consolidations using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. See also PCO editorial conventions for consolidations.
4 Amendments incorporated in this consolidation
Regulatory Systems (Economic Development) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 11): section 40(2)