SUBORDINATE (CONFIRMATION AND VALIDATION)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

THIS Bill, which comes into force on assent, confirms and validates various items of subordinate legislation. Clauses 3 to 8 confirm and validate certain subordinate legislation made under enactments providing that the legislation lapses after a time unless confirmed or validated by . Clause 9 validates an order whose validity is in doubt.

Preliminary

Clause 1 relates to the Bill's Short Title.

Clause 2 provides that the Bill binds the Crown.

Formal Co,#mations and Validations

Clause 3 validates and confirms orders under the War Pensions Act 1954.

Clause 4 validates and confirms an order under the Social Security Act 1964.

Clause 5 validates and confirms orders under the Tariff Act 1988.

Clause 6 confirms an order under the Civil Aviation Act 1990.

Clause 7 confirms orders under the Commodity Levies Act 1990.

Clause 8 confirms orders under the Customs and Excise Act 1996.

Validation of Fisheries (Cost Recovery Leuies) Order 1997 Clause 9, for the avoidance of doubt, declares the Fisheries (Cost Recovery Levies) Order 1997 to be as valid as it would be if the consultations undertaken in relation to the order had been completed by 30 June 1997. This is because an issue has arisen in relation to the interpretation of section 266 (2) of the Fisheries Act 1996 as to whether that section requires consultation on a cost recovery levy order to be merely commenced, or both commenced and completed, in the financial year that precedes the start of the fishing year in which the order takes effect.

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SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION (CONFIRMATION AND VALIDATION)

ANALYSIS

Title 8. Orders under Customs and Excise Act

1996 Preliminaly 1. Short Title Validation of Fisheries (Cost Recovery Levies) Order 1997 2. Act binds the Crown 9. Validation of Fisheries (Cost Recovery Formal Col#mations and Validations Levies) Order 1997 8. Orders under War Pensions Act 1954 Repeal 4. Order under Social Security Act 1964 5. Orders under Tariff Act 1988 10. Repeal of spent enactment 6. Order under Civil Aviation Act 1990 7. Orders under Commodity Levies Act 1990

A BILL INTITULED

An Act to conArm and validate certain subordinate legislation BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows:

5 Preliminary 1. Short Title-This Act may be cited as the Subordinate Legislation (Confirmation and Validation) Act 1997.

2. Act binds the Crown-This Act binds the Crown.

Formal Cormations and Validations 10 3. Orders under War Pensions Act 1954-The following orders are validated and confirmed: (a) The War Pensions (Rates of Pensions and Allowances) Order 1997 (S.R. 1997/83): (b) The War Pensions (Total Deafness) Order 1997 15 (S.R. 1997/49).

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4. Order under Social Security Act 1964-The Social Security (Rates of Benefits and Allowances) Order 1997 (S.R. 1997/36) is validated and confirmed.

5. Orders under Tariff Act 1988-The following orders are validated and confirmed: 5 (a) The Tariff Exemption (Inter-Governmental Agreements) Order 1996 (S.R. 1996/227): (b) The Tariff (Concessions) Amendment Order 1996 (S.R. 1996/228): (c) The Tariff (Alcoholic Beverages) Amendment Order 1996 10 (S.R. 1996/282): (d) The Tariff (Miscellaneous) Amendment Order (No. 2) 1996 (S.R. 1996/321).

6. Order under Civil Aviation Act 1990-The Civil Aviation (Safety) Levies Amendment Order 1997 15 (S.R. 1997/107) is confirmed.

7. Orders under Commodity Levies Act 1990-The following orders are confirmed: (a) The Commodity Levies (Avocados) Order 1995, Amendment No. 1 (S.R. 1996/329): 20 (b) The Commodity Levies (Bee Products) Order 1996 (S.R. 1996/350): (c) The Commodity Levies (Passionfruit) Order 1996 (S.R. 1996/381): (d) The Commodity Levies (Tamarillos) Order 1997 25 (S.R. 1997/59): (e) The Commodity Levies (Non-Proprietary and Uncertified Herbage Seeds) Order 1997 tS.R. 1997/108): (f) The Commodity Levies (Wheat Grain) Order 1997 (S.R. 1997/199). 30

8. Orders under Customs and Excise Act 1996-The following orders are confirmed: (a) The Excise Duty Amendrnent Order 1996 (S.R. 1996/231): (b) The Customs Export Prohibition Order 1996 35 (S.R. 1996/233): (c) The Excise and Excise-Equivalent Duties (Tobacco Products Indexation) Amendment Order 1996 (S.R. 1996/322): Subordinate Legislation (to,#mation and 3 Validation)

(d) The Excise and Excise-Equivalent Duties (Alcoholic Beverages Indexation) Amendment Order 1997 (S.R. 1997/73).

Validation of Fisheies (Cost Recovery Leuies) Order 1997 5 9. Validation of Fisheries (Cost Recovery Levies) Order 1997-For the avoidance of doubt, the Fisheries (Cost Recovery Levies) Order 1997 (S.R. 1997/189)is declared to be as valid as it would be if the consultation undertaken pursuant to section 266 of the Fisheries Act 1996 had been completed by 30 June 10 1997.

Repeal 10. Repeal of spent enactment-The Subordinate Legislation (Conflrmation and Validation) Act 1996 is repealed.

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND: Published under the authority of the New Zealand Government-1997 30477 -97jNS PCO 756