New Zealand Acts

LEGISLATION ACT 2019 - SECT 21

21 Anything done under secondary legislation or other instrument is also done under Act

A reference to anything being done under an Act includes anything done under secondary legislation, or another instrument, that is made under that Act.

Example: ExampleAn Act empowers regulations to authorise a regulator to set fees. The Act requires all fees paid under the Act to be paid to the Crown. The regulations require the regulator to set fees by issuing a notice. The fees set in the regulator’s notice are paid under the Act and so must be paid to the Crown.