Tariff (Specified CPTPP Parties—Chile) Amendment Order 2023
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Tariff (Specified CPTPP Parties—Chile) Amendment Order 2023
Cindy Kiro, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 8th day of February 2023
Present:
Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council
This order is made under section 7A(1)(baa) of the Tariff Act 1988 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council.
Order
1 Title
This order is the Tariff (Specified CPTPP Parties—Chile) Amendment Order 2023.
2 Commencement
This order comes into force on 21 February 2023.
3 Principal order
This order amends the Tariff (Specified CPTPP Parties) Order 2018.
4 Clause 3 amended (Specified CPTPP parties)
After clause 3(b), insert:
(ba)
Chile:
Rachel Hayward,
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, which comes into force on 21 February 2023, declares Chile to be a specified party to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (the CPTPP) for the purposes of the Tariff Act 1988. The CPTPP is a free trade agreement, done at Santiago on 8 March 2018.
The effect of this order is to entitle Chile to preferential tariffs set under the Tariff Act 1988 in accordance with the CPTPP.
Also, regulation 51ZZF of the Customs and Excise Regulations 1996 will now apply to Chile as a result of this order. For the purpose of giving effect to the CPTPP, that regulation prescribes rules of origin, including product-specific rules and other applicable requirements, for goods imported to New Zealand from parties to the CPTPP.
Regulatory impact statement
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade produced a national interest analysis (which incorporated all elements of a regulatory impact assessment) to help inform the decisions taken by the Government relating to the CPTPP Agreement.
A copy of the national interest analysis can be found (appended to the report of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee) at—
Date of notification in Gazette: 9 February 2023.
This order is administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment.