Indecent Publications Amendment Act 1982
Indecent Publications Amendment Act 1982
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Indecent Publications Amendment Act 1982
Indecent Publications Amendment Act 1982
Public Act |
1982 No 78 |
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Date of assent |
23 November 1982 |
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Contents
An Act to amend the Indecent Publications Act 1963
BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Indecent Publications Amendment Act 1982, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Indecent Publications Act 1963 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
2 High Court may refer appeals back for reconsideration
The principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, after section 19, the following section:
“19a
“(1)
Notwithstanding anything in section 19 of this Act, the High Court may in any case, instead of determining any appeal under that section, direct the Tribunal to reconsider, either generally or in respect of any specified matters, the whole or any specified part of the matter to which the appeal relates.
“(2)
In giving any direction under this section, the High Court shall—
“(a)
Advise the Tribunal of its reasons for so doing; and
“(b)
Give to the Tribunal such directions as it thinks fit concerning the rehearing or reconsideration or otherwise of the whole or any part of the matter that is referred back for reconsideration.
“(3)
In reconsidering the matter so referred back, the Tribunal shall have regard to the High Court’s reasons for giving a direction under subsection (1) of this section and to the High Court’s directions under subsection (2) of this section.”
This Act is administered in the Department oi Justice.
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Indecent Publications Amendment Act 1982
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