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DLM193571 | 1989 | Abolition of the Death Penalty Act 1989 | 1: Short Title and commencement
1: This Act may be cited as the Abolition of the Death Penalty Act 1989.
2: This Act shall come into force on the 28th day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent. Crimes
2: Sections to be read with Crimes Act 1961
This section and the next succeeding section shall be read together with and deemed part of the Crimes Act 1961 principal Act
3: Removal of death penalty for crime of treason
Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s) Armed Forces Discipline
4: Sections to be read with Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971
This section and the next succeeding section shall be read together with and deemed part of the Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971 principal Act
5: Removal of death penalty for treachery in the Armed Forces
Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s) Extradition Heading repealed 1 September 1999 section 111 Extradition Act 1999
6: Sections to be read with Extradition Act 1965
Section 6 repealed 1 September 1999 section 111 Extradition Act 1999
7: Power to decline extradition to face death penalty
Section 7 repealed 1 September 1999 section 111 Extradition Act 1999 Fugitive Offenders Heading repealed 1 September 1999 section 111 Extradition Act 1999
8: Sections to be read with Fugitive Offenders Act 1881 (UK)
Section 8 repealed 1 September 1999 section 111 Extradition Act 1999
9: Power to decline extradition to face death penalty in Commonwealth country
Section 9 repealed 1 September 1999 section 111 Extradition Act 1999 |
LMS237541 | 2020 | Abortion Legislation Act 2020 | 1: Title
This Act is the Abortion Legislation Act 2020.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date of Royal assent.
1: Amendments to Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion Act 1977
3: Principal Act
This Part amends the Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion Act 1977 principal Act 2020-03-24 Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion Act 1977
4: Long Title repealed
Repeal the Long Title
5: Section 2 replaced (Interpretation)
Replace section 2
2: Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— abortion
a: means intentionally causing the termination of a woman’s pregnancy by any means, including—
i: by using a drug or combination of drugs; or
ii: by using an instrument; but
b: does not include—
i: any procedure intended to induce the birth of a live fetus believed to be viable; or
ii: any procedure to remove a dead fetus; or
iii: any contraceptive abortion service provider abortion services conscientious objection contraceptive Director-General employer entity
a: a body corporate:
b: a corporation sole:
c: an unincorporated body:
d: a sole trader health practitioner hospital medical emergency medical practitioner qualified health practitioner safe area section 17(1)
6: New sections 2A and 2B inserted
After section 2
2A: Transitional, savings, and related provisions
The transitional, savings, and related provisions set out in Schedule 1
2B: Act binds the Crown
This Act binds the Crown.
7: Section 5 amended (Supply of contraceptives to sexual violation complainants)
1: In section 5(1)(b) another medical practitioner or a family planning clinic an alternative person who is a provider of contraceptive services and how to access the contact details of such a person
2: After section 5(3)
3A: If a medical practitioner referred to in subsection (1) or (2) has a conscientious objection to supplying or authorising the supply to the complainant of any contraceptive, the medical practitioner must tell the complainant—
a: of their conscientious objection at the earliest opportunity; and
b: how to access the contact details of another person who is a provider of contraceptive services.
8: Sections 10 to 46 replaced
Replace sections 10 to 46
10: Provision of abortion services to women not more than 20 weeks pregnant
A qualified health practitioner may provide abortion services to a woman who is not more than 20 weeks pregnant.
11: Provision of abortion services to women more than 20 weeks pregnant
1: A qualified health practitioner may only provide abortion services to a woman who is more than 20 weeks pregnant if the health practitioner reasonably believes that the abortion is clinically appropriate in the circumstances.
2: In considering whether the abortion is clinically appropriate in the circumstances, the qualified health practitioner must—
a: consult at least 1 other qualified health practitioner; and
b: have regard to—
i: all relevant legal, professional, and ethical standards to which the qualified health practitioner is subject; and
ii: the woman’s—
A: physical health; and
B: mental health; and
C: overall well-being; and
iii: the gestational age of the fetus.
3: Subsection (2)
12: Counselling
1: A health practitioner must advise a woman of the availability of counselling services if the woman—
a: seeks advice or information about whether to continue or terminate a pregnancy; or
b: advises the health practitioner of the wish to terminate a pregnancy; or
c: has terminated a pregnancy.
2: A qualified health practitioner may not, as a condition of providing abortion services to a woman, require the woman to attend counselling before or after the provision of those services.
13: Self-referral to abortion services
A qualified health practitioner may not, as a condition of providing abortion services to a woman, require the woman to be referred from a health practitioner. Miscellaneous provisions
14: Conscientious objection
1: This section applies to a person ( A B
a: contraception services:
b: sterilisation services:
c: abortion services:
d: information or advisory services about whether to continue or terminate a pregnancy.
2: If A has a conscientious objection to providing, or to assisting with providing, to B the service requested, A must tell B at the earliest opportunity—
a: of their conscientious objection; and
b: how to access the contact details of another person who is the closest provider of the service requested.
3: In subsection (2)(b) closest provider
a: the physical distance between the providers; and
b: the date and time that B makes the request under subsection (1)
c: the operating hours of the provider of the service requested.
4: This section does not override a health practitioner’s professional and legal duty to provide prompt and appropriate medical assistance to any person in a medical emergency.
15: Employer providing certain services must accommodate conscientious objection of applicant or employee unless it would cause unreasonable disruption
1: An employer that provides any of the services specified in section 14(1)
a: refuse or omit to employ the applicant for work that is available; or
b: offer or afford the applicant or the employee less favourable terms of employment, conditions of work, superannuation or other fringe benefits, and opportunities for training, promotion, and transfer than are made available to applicants or employees of the same or substantially similar capabilities employed in the same or substantially similar work; or
c: terminate the employment of the employee in circumstances in which the employment of other employees employed in the same or substantially similar work would not be terminated; or
d: subject the employee to any detriment in circumstances in which other employees employed in the same or substantially similar work would not be subjected to such detriment; or
e: retire the employee, or to require or cause the employee to retire or resign.
2: However, if accommodating an applicant’s or employee’s conscientious objection would unreasonably disrupt the employer’s provision of health services, the employer may take any of the actions described in subsection (1)
3: Accommodating an applicant’s or employee’s conscientious objection may include arranging for the duties in respect of which the applicant or employee has an objection to be carried out by an existing employee.
4: An applicant or employee who alleges that an employer has contravened this section may make a complaint under the Human Rights Act 1993 as if the complaint were a complaint of unlawful discrimination under section 22 of that Act.
5: If an applicant or employee who alleges that an employer has contravened this section is entitled to pursue a personal grievance under the Employment Relations Act 2000, the applicant or employee may take either, but not both, of the following steps:
a: apply to the Employment Relations Authority for the resolution of the grievance under that Act; or
b: make a complaint under the Human Rights Act 1993.
6: In this section, employer section 2
a: the person for whom work is done by an independent contractor; and
b: the person for whom work is done by contract workers under a contract between that person and the person who supplies the contract workers; and
c: the person for whom work is done by an unpaid worker.
16: Minister of Health to ensure availability of certain services
1: The Minister of Health must, when entering into Crown funding agreements under the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000, take reasonable steps to ensure that—
a: the following services are available throughout New Zealand:
i: the services specified in section 14(1)
ii: counselling services in relation to, or in connection with, the provision of abortion services; and
b: the following services are provided in accordance with the standards published by the Director-General under section 19(1)(b)
i: abortion services:
ii: counselling services in relation to, or in connection with, the provision of abortion services.
2: To meet the obligation under subsection (1)(a)(i)
3: In this section, emergency contraception
17: Duty of Director-General to undertake periodic reviews of certain matters
1: Not later than 5 years after the commencement of this section, and then at subsequent intervals of not more than 5 years, the Director-General must—
a: review whether there is timely and equitable access to—
i: the services specified in section 14(1)
ii: counselling services in relation to, or in connection with, the provision of abortion services; and
b: report to the Minister of Health on—
i: the outcomes of the review; and
ii: the recommendations that the Director-General considers appropriate (if any) for improving the timely and equitable access to those services.
2: The review and report under subsection (1)
18: Duty of Director-General to compile, maintain, and make available list of abortion service providers
1: The Director-General must compile and maintain a list of the names and contact details of abortion service providers in New Zealand.
2: The Director-General may not include in the list the name and contact details of any abortion service provider who advises the Director-General that they do not want their name and contact details included in the list.
3: The Director-General must ensure that the list, or the information on the list, is accessible to any person on request.
19: Duty of Director-General to collect, collate, analyse, and publish information
1: The Director-General must—
a: collect, collate, analyse, and publish information about the provision of—
i: abortion services in New Zealand; and
ii: counselling services in relation to, or in connection with, the provision of abortion services; and
b: develop and publish standards for the services described in paragraph (a)
2: However, the Director-General must not publish, under subsection (1)(a)
20: Abortion service provider to notify Director-General about abortion services provided
1: An abortion service provider must notify the Director-General after the following services are provided by or through the provider:
a: a surgical abortion; or
b: a medicine is prescribed or administered for the purpose of inducing an abortion.
2: A notification must include, in relation to the provision of the services referred to in subsection (1)
a: the information specified in Schedule 2
b: such other information the Director-General may require.
3: However, in no case may the information provided under this section include the name of the woman to whom the abortion service was provided.
4: A notification must be given—
a: not later than 1 month after the provision of the abortion service; and
b: in the form or manner required by the Director-General.
5: This section is repealed on the expiry of 18 months after the date on which it comes into force.
21: Abortion for sole purpose of sex selection
1: This Parliament opposes the performance of abortions being sought solely because of a preference for the fetus to be of a particular sex.
2: Not later than 5 years after the commencement of this section, and then at subsequent intervals of not more than 5 years, the Director-General must—
a: review whether there is any evidence of abortions being sought solely because of a preference for the fetus to be of a particular sex; and
b: report to the Minister of Health on—
i: the outcome of the review; and
ii: if there is such evidence, any recommendations that the Director-General considers appropriate for preventing abortions being sought solely because of a preference for the fetus to be of a particular sex. Abortion Law Reform Act 2019 s 16 (NSW)
22: Reports to be presented to House of Representatives
As soon as practicable after receiving a report under section 17(1) or 21(2)
23: General regulation-making power
The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, make regulations for all or any of the following purposes:
a: enabling the Director-General of Health to collect information that may be required to enable the Director-General to discharge the Director-General’s duties specified in section 17, 18, 19, or 21
b: providing for any other matters contemplated by this Act, necessary for its administration, or necessary for giving it full effect.
9: New Schedules 1 and 2 inserted
After section 23 Schedules 1 and 2 Schedule 1
2: Amendments to other enactments
1: Amendments to Crimes Act 1961
10: Amendments to Crimes Act 1961
This subpart amends the Crimes Act 1961 2020-03-24 Crimes Act 1961
11: Cross-heading above section 182 replaced
Replace the cross-heading above section 182 Killing unborn child
12: Section 182 amended (Killing unborn child)
Replace section 182(2)
2: Nothing in subsection (1) applies to any person who before or during the birth of any child causes its death by—
a: a means employed in good faith to preserve the life of the child’s mother; or
b: providing abortion services in accordance with section 10 or 11
13: Sections 182A to 187A replaced
Replace sections 182A to 187A Abortion services
183: Abortion procured by person other than health practitioner
1: A person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 5 years if the person is not a health practitioner and—
a: procures, or attempts to procure, an abortion for a woman; or
b: performs, or attempts to perform, an abortion on a woman.
2: The woman is not guilty of an offence under this section.
3: In this section,— abortion section 2 health practitioner
2: Amendments to Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003
14: Amendments to Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003
This subpart amends the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 2020-03-24 Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003
15: Section 174 amended (Duty of health practitioners in respect of reproductive health services)
1: In section 174(1)(a) sterilisation, abortion,
2: Replace section 174(1)(b)
b: the health practitioner has an objection on the ground of conscience to providing the service (a conscientious objection
3: Replace section 174(2)
2: When this section applies, the health practitioner must tell the person requesting the service at the earliest opportunity—
a: of their conscientious objection; and
b: how to access the contact details of another person who is the closest provider of the service requested.
3: In subsection (2)(b) closest provider
a: the physical distance between the providers; and
b: the date and time that the person has requested the service; and
c: the operating hours of the provider of the service requested.
3: Amendment to Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
16: Amendment to Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
This subpart amends the Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994 2020-03-24 Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
17: Section 2 amended (Interpretation)
In section 2(1) health services
ii: reproductive health services, including—
A: contraception services and advice:
B: fertility services:
C: sterilisation services:
D: abortion services
4: Consequential amendments and revocation
18: Consequential amendments and revocation
1: The Act specified in Part 1
2: The legislative instrument specified in Part 2
3: The legislative instrument specified in Part 3 2020-03-24 Official Information Act 1982 Medicines Regulations 1984 Abortion Regulations 1978 |
LMS784597 | 2023 | Accident Compensation (Access Reporting and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2023 | 1: Title
This Act is the Accident Compensation (Access Reporting and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2023.
2: Commencement
1: Section 9
2: The rest of this Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Principal Act
This Act amends the Accident Compensation Act 2001 2023-09-06 Accident Compensation Act 2001 Section 9 comes into force 3 months after the date of royal assent. See section 2(1). 2023-06-07 Accident Compensation Act 2001
1: Access reporting
4: Section 3 amended (Purpose)
After section 3(b)
ba: ensuring that the Corporation monitors access to the accident compensation scheme by Māori and identified population groups in order to deliver services under this Act in a manner that supports access to the scheme by injured Māori and injured persons in those population groups:
5: Section 6 amended (Interpretation)
In section 6(1) identified population group section 278B
6: Section 262 amended (Functions of Corporation)
After section 262(1)(b)
ba: monitor access to the accident compensation scheme by Māori and identified population groups to identify how to improve delivery of services under this Act to injured Māori and injured persons in those population groups; and
7: New section 278B inserted (Corporation to report in each financial year on access to accident compensation scheme by Māori and identified population groups)
After section 278A
278B: Corporation to report in each financial year on access to accident compensation scheme by Māori and identified population groups
1: The Corporation must, in each financial year, prepare a report concerning access to the accident compensation scheme by Māori and identified population groups.
2: The report must provide analysis of—
a: the level of access to the accident compensation scheme in that financial year by Māori and identified population groups; and
b: any disparities the Corporation identifies in access to the accident compensation scheme that affect Māori or any identified population group; and
c: any barriers the Corporation identifies that affect access to the accident compensation scheme by Māori or any identified population group; and
d: the causes of, or factors contributing to, those disparities and barriers, as identified by the Corporation.
3: The Corporation must provide the report to the Minister as soon as practicable after the end of each financial year.
4: The Minister must present the report to the House of Representatives as soon as practicable after receiving it.
2: Transitional and other matters
8: Schedule 1AA amended
In Schedule 1AA
a: insert the Part set out in the Schedule
b: make all necessary consequential amendments.
9: Schedule 1 amended
1: In Schedule 1 5 weeks 1 week
2: In Schedule 1 5-week period first week of incapacity |
LMS564273 | 2022 | Accident Compensation (Maternal Birth Injury and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2022 | 1: Title
This Act is the Accident Compensation (Maternal Birth Injury and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2022.
2: Commencement
1: Sections 6 18 1 October 2022
2: Sections 13 22 1 July 2023
3: The rest of this Act comes into force 30 days after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Principal Act
This Act amends the Accident Compensation Act 2001 2022-10-01 Accident Compensation Act 2001 see s 2(1): sections 6 and 18 come into force 1 October 2022. 2023-07-01 Accident Compensation Act 2001 see s 2(2): sections 13 and 22 come into force 1 July 2023. 2022-10-30 Accident Compensation Act 2001 see s 2(3): rest of Act comes into force 30 days after date of Royal assent.
1: Amendments to principal Act
4: Section 6 amended (Interpretation)
1: In section 6(1) medical practitioner medical practitioner
2: In section 6(1) moped Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Act 1986 Land Transport Act 1998
3: In section 6(1) motorcycle Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Act 1986 Land Transport Act 1998
5: Section 17 amended (Ordinarily resident in New Zealand)
After section 17(5)
6: In this section,— child
a: means a child who, at the date of that child’s injury,—
i: was aged under 18, or was aged under 21 and was in full-time study at a place of education; and
ii: either—
A: was that person’s natural or adopted child; or
B: would ordinarily have been regarded as that person’s child because they were the child of that person’s spouse or partner, and that person acted as their parent; and
b: does not include an other dependant of that person other dependant
a: was financially dependent on that person because of the dependant’s mental or physical condition; and
b: was not that person’s spouse, partner, or child.
6: Section 25 amended (Accident)
1: After section 25(1)(e)
f: an application of a force or resistance internal to the human body at any time from the onset of labour to the completion of delivery that results in an injury described in Schedule 3A
2: After section 25(2)
2A: Subsection (2)(a) does not apply to an accident of the kind described in subsection (1)(f)
7: New section 25A inserted (Review of operation of Schedule 3A)
After section 25
25A: Review of operation of Schedule 3A
1: As soon as practicable after 1 October 2025, the Minister must,—
a: for the purpose of determining whether any amendments to Schedule 3A Schedule 3A section 25(1)(f)
b: prepare a report of the review that includes recommendations on whether any amendments to Schedule 3A
c: present a copy of the report to the House of Representatives.
2: In preparing the report, the Minister must consult the parties the Minister thinks appropriate.
8: Section 26 amended (Personal injury)
In section 26(1A) 6% 5%
9: Section 30 amended (Personal injury caused by work-related gradual process, disease, or infection)
1: After section 30(1)
1A: Subsection (1)(c) is subject to subsection (2A)
2: Repeal section 30(2)(b)(ii)
3: Replace section 30(2)(c)
c: that, if the particular property or characteristic is present in both the person’s employment tasks or environment and non-employment activities or environment, it is more likely that the person’s personal injury was caused as a result of the employment tasks or environment rather than the non-employment activities or environment.
4: After section 30(2)
2A: However, even if it is established that a claimant’s personal injury was caused in the circumstances described in subsection (2), the Corporation may decline the claim if the Corporation establishes that the risk of suffering the personal injury is not significantly greater for persons who—
a: perform the employment task than it is for persons who do not perform it; or
b: are employed in that type of environment than it is for persons who are not.
10: Section 91 amended (Conduct of initial occupational assessment)
In section 91(1A) may must
11: Section 119 amended (Disentitlement for wilfully self-inflicted personal injuries and suicide)
After section 119(3)
4: Subsection (1) does not apply if the death was the result of assisted dying in accordance with the End of Life Choice Act 2019.
12: Section 173 amended (Estimation of levy)
In section 173(2)(a) at the rate prescribed by regulations or the rate as calculated by the method prescribed by regulations
13: Section 250 amended (Penalties and interest due to Corporation in respect of unpaid levies)
In section 250(1) that is 30 days
14: Section 267 amended (Board of Corporation)
In section 267(1) 8 9
15: Section 329 amended (Regulations relating to levies)
After section 329(1)(h)
ha: prescribing the rate of interest payable on any amount exceeding $1,000 under section 173(2)(a) or the method by which the rate is to be calculated:
16: Schedule 1AA amended
In Schedule 1AA
a: insert the Part set out in Schedule 1
b: make all necessary consequential amendments.
17: Schedule 1 amended
1: In Schedule 1 may must
2: In Schedule 1
31A: Use of employment income information in determining earnings
1: The Corporation, for the purposes of calculating a claimant’s earnings for any period under this Part, may take into account the claimant’s most recent pre-incapacity employment income information available from the Inland Revenue Department.
2: Subclause (1)
3: Subclauses (1) and (2) section 134
4: In this Part, employment income information section 3(1)
3: In Schedule 1 clause 42(3)
3: The minimum weekly earnings are,—
a: for a person under the age of 18 years, the amount as at each assessment date that is the greatest of—
i: the minimum weekly adult rate prescribed under section 4 of the Minimum Wage Act 1983; and
ii: 125% of the rate of the supported living payment for a single person under the age of 18 years without dependent children under the Social Security Act 2018; and
iii: the greater of the amounts calculated under subparagraphs (i) and (ii)
b: for a person 18 years of age or over, the amount as at each assessment date that is the greatest of—
i: the minimum weekly adult rate prescribed under section 4 of the Minimum Wage Act 1983; and
ii: 125% of the rate of the supported living payment for any other single person without dependent children under the Social Security Act 2018; and
iii: the greater of the amounts calculated under subparagraphs (i) and (ii)
4: In subclause (3) assessment date paragraph (a) or (b)
a: the date on which the current order prescribing the rate of the supported living payment for a single person under the age of 18 years without dependent children under the Social Security Act 2018 came into force; and
b: the date on which the current order prescribing the rate of the supported living payment for any other single person without dependent children under the Social Security Act 2018 came into force; and
c: the date on which the current order prescribing the minimum wage made under section 4 of the Minimum Wage Act 1983 came into force.
4: In Schedule 1 clause 49(6)
7: In clause 51(2), earnings
18: New Schedule 3A inserted
After Schedule 3 Schedule 3A Schedule 2
2: Consequential amendments to regulations
Amendment to Accident Compensation (Definitions) Regulations 2019
19: Principal regulations
Section 20 Accident Compensation (Definitions) Regulations 2019 2022-10-30 Accident Compensation (Definitions) Regulations 2019 see s 2(3): 30 days after date of Royal assent.
20: Regulation 3 amended (Interpretation)
In regulation 3(1) medical practitioner
a: is, or is deemed to be, registered with the Medical Council of New Zealand continued by section 114(1)(a) of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 as a practitioner of the profession of medicine; and
b: holds a current practising certificate Amendment to Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Interest Rate for Late Payment of Levies) Regulations 2002
21: Principal regulations
Section 22 Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Interest Rate for Late Payment of Levies) Regulations 2002 2023-07-01 Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Interest Rate for Late Payment of Levies) Regulations 2002 see s 2(2): section 22 comes into force 1 July 2023
22: Regulation 3 amended (Interest rate for late payment of levies)
In regulation 3(a) date that is 30 days day |
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