New Zealand Acts

LEGISLATION ACT 2019 - SECT 117

117 Secondary legislation disallowed if House of Representatives does not dispose of motion to disallow

1 Secondary legislation, or a provision of secondary legislation, to which this subpart applies is disallowed if—

a) a member of the Committee of the House of Representatives responsible for the review of secondary legislation gives notice of a motion to disallow it; and

b) none of the following happens before the deadline:

i) the notice is withdrawn:

ii) the House disposes of the motion:

iii) Parliament is dissolved or expires.

2 Legislation disallowed under this section ceases to have effect on the later of—

a) the deadline; and

b) any date stated in the notice of motion as the date on which the legislation ceases to have effect.

3 In this section, the
"deadline" is the close of the 21st sitting day after the giving of the notice of motion.

Note: 2012 No 119 s 43