New Zealand Acts

LEGISLATION ACT 2019 - SECT 76

76 Chief Parliamentary Counsel must support international transparency obligations

1 The Chief Parliamentary Counsel must ensure that, as soon as practicable, links forwarded to the PCO under section 75 are—

a) published electronically; and

b) as far as practicable, able to be accessed at, or downloaded from, the legislation website.

2 The Chief Parliamentary Counsel must give all or any makers, and ensure there is or are in force for all secondary legislation with international transparency obligations, a direction or directions setting out, in general terms,—

a) the nature of their details:

b) the nature of their links and the form and manner in which they must be forwarded.

3 The maker must, if required to do so in writing by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel, republish a copy of the secondary legislation promptly on the maker’s website in a form that complies with section 75 .

4 A direction under this section is secondary legislation (see this Part for publication requirements).

Note: 2012 No 119 ss 36E(4)–(6), 36F(3), (4), 36G