Customs Import Prohibition (High-power Laser Pointers) Order 2019
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Reprint as at 12 December 2020
Customs Import Prohibition (High-power Laser Pointers) Order 2019
(LI 2019/294)
Patsy Reddy, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 25th day of November 2019
Present:
Hon Kelvin Davis presiding in Council
Note
Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.
Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.
This order is administered by the New Zealand Customs Service.
This order is made under section 96 of the Customs and Excise Act 2018—
(a)
on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council; and
(b)
on the recommendation of the Minister of Customs made in accordance with subsection (5) of that section.
Order
1 Title
This order is the Customs Import Prohibition (High-power Laser Pointers) Order 2019.
2 Commencement
This order comes into force on 1 March 2020.
Order: confirmed, on 12 December 2020, by section 10(d) of the Subordinate Legislation Confirmation Act 2020 (2020 No 66).
3 Interpretation
In this order, unless the context otherwise requires,—
Director-General means the chief executive of the Ministry of Health
high-power laser pointer means a device that,—
(a)
in the Director-General’s opinion, is of the kind commonly known as a laser pointer; and
(b)
is battery operated; and
(c)
is designed or intended to be operated while held in the hand; and
(d)
produces a coherent beam of optical radiation of low divergence; and
(e)
has a power output of greater than 1 milliwatt.
4 Importation of high-power laser pointers prohibited
The importation of high-power laser pointers is prohibited, except—
(a)
with the consent of the Director-General; and
(b)
subject to any conditions that are not inconsistent with this prohibition as may be imposed by the Director-General.
Michael Webster,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Explanatory note
This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.
This order, which comes into force on 1 March 2020, continues the prohibition of the importation of high-power laser pointers contained in the Customs Import Prohibition (High-power Laser Pointers) Order 2017. High-power laser pointers may be imported only with the consent of, and subject to any conditions as may be imposed by, the chief executive of the Ministry of Health.
This order is a confirmable instrument under section 47B of the Legislation Act 2012. It is revoked at the close of 31 December 2020, unless earlier confirmed by an Act of Parliament. That time (the close of 31 December 2020) is the applicable deadline under section 47C(1)(b) of that Act. If the order is confirmed, it will continue until revoked or amended.
Regulatory impact assessment
The Ministry of Health produced a regulatory impact assessment in May 2013 to help inform the decisions taken by the Government relating to the contents of this instrument.
A copy of this regulatory impact assessment can be found at—
Date of notification in Gazette: 28 November 2019.
Reprints notes
1 General
This is a reprint of the Customs Import Prohibition (High-power Laser Pointers) Order 2019 that incorporates all the amendments to that order as at the date of the last amendment to it.
2 Legal status
Reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by any amendments to that enactment. Section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012 provides that this reprint, published in electronic form, has the status of an official version under section 17 of that Act. A printed version of the reprint produced directly from this official electronic version also has official status.
3 Editorial and format changes
Editorial and format changes to reprints are made using the powers under sections 24 to 26 of the Legislation Act 2012. See also http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/.
4 Amendments incorporated in this reprint
Subordinate Legislation Confirmation Act 2020 (2020 No 66): section 10(d)
Versions
Customs Import Prohibition (High-power Laser Pointers) Order 2019
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