New Zealand Legislation: Bills

5 New Zealand certificates of origin for goods for export to China

• (1) The heading to section 64A is amended by omitting “China” and substituting “party to free trade agreement”.

  (2) Section 64A(1) is amended by—

  • (a) inserting “in relation to a party to a free trade agreement” after “(a certification body)”; and

  • (b) omitting “China” and substituting “that party”.

  (3) Section 64A(2) is amended by omitting “China” and substituting “a party to a free trade agreement”.

  (4) Section 64A(3) is amended by—

  • (a) omitting “China FTA” in the first place where it appears and substituting “relevant free trade agreement”; and

  • (b) omitting “the China FTA” in the second place where it appears and substituting “that agreement”.

  (5) Section 64A is amended by inserting the following subsection after subsection (3):

  • “(3A) The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, declare a country that is a party to the AANZFTA to be a specified AANZFTA party for the purposes of this Act.”

  (6) Section 64A is amended by repealing subsection (4) and substituting the following subsection:

  • “(4) For the purposes of this section,—

    “AANZFTA means the Agreement Establishing the ASEAN–Australia–New Zealand Free Trade Area done at Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand on 27 February 2009

    “ASEAN means the Association of South East Asian Nations

    “China FTA means the Free Trade Agreement between the Government of New Zealand and the Government of the People's Republic of China done at Beijing on 7 April 2008

    “free trade agreement means—

    • “(a) the China FTA; or

    • “(b) the AANZFTA

    “party to a free trade agreement means,—

    • “(a) in relation to the China FTA, China; or

    • “(b) in relation to the AANZFTA, a specified AANZFTA party

    “specified AANZFTA party means a country that is for the time being declared by Order in Council to be a specified AANZFTA party for the purposes of this Act.”