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26—2B
As reported from the committee of the whole House
This bill was formerly part of the ASEAN–Australia–New Zealand Free Trade Area Bill reported from the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee. The committee of the whole House has further amended the bill and divided it into the following bills:
The Tariff (AANZFTA) Amendment Bill comprising Part 1 and the Schedule
This bill comprising Part 2
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Hon Tim Groser
Government Bill
26—2B
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The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
This Act is the Customs and Excise (AANZFTA) Amendment Act 2009.
This Act comes into force on a date appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council.
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This Part Act amends the Customs and Excise Act 1996.
The purpose of this Part Act is to amend the principal Act to provide for a system of issuing New Zealand certificates of origin in relation to goods being exported to countries that are parties to the Agreement Establishing the ASEAN–Australia–New Zealand Free Trade Area done at Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand on 27 February 2009.
(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.”
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Legislative history | |
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| 25 June 2009 | Divided from ASEAN–Australia–New Zealand Free Trade Area Bill (Bill 26–1) by committee of the whole House as Bill 26–2B |