New Zealand Acts

COMMERCE ACT 1986 - SECT 52O

52O Revocation or amendment of Order in Council

1 An Order in Council made under section 52N in respect of particular goods or services may not be revoked or significantly amended unless the Commission has held an inquiry into the goods or services.

2 In subsection (1),
"significantly amended" means amended in a way that—

a) alters the type or types of regulation applying to the goods or services; or

b) materially alters the goods or services to which the regulation applies, so that either—

i) the goods or services, or any of them, are no longer regulated; or

ii) goods or services that were not identified in the original order are now subject to regulation.

3 An Order in Council made under section 52N may be amended in any other material way only after the Commission has consulted with interested parties, but may be amended in a non-material way without prior consultation.

History: Section 52O: inserted, on 14 October 2008, by section 4 of the Commerce Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 70).