As the designated person for New Zealand, and in accordance with section 43 of the Australian Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997 ("the Australian Act"), I endorse the proposed Regulation set out below for the purposes of section 45 of the Australian Act.
Dated this 17th day of June 2013.
CRAIG FOSS, Minister of Commerce.
Part 1-Preliminary
1. Name of Regulation-This Regulation is the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Regulation 2013.
2. Commencement-Each provision of this Regulation specified in Column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with Column 2 of the table. Any other statement in Column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Commencement Information
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Provision(s) Commencement Date/Details
1. Sections 1 to 4, subsections 5(1) and (2), and anything in this Regulation not elsewhere covered by this table 1 October 2013 1 October 2013
2. Subsections 5(3) and (4) 1 December 2013 1 December 2013
3. Authority-This Regulation is made under the Trans Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997.
4. Definition-In this Regulation:
Act means the Trans Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997.
5. Continuation of temporary exemption relating to specific laws-tobacco
(1) For subsection 47(3) of the Act, the following laws of the Commonwealth are exempt from the operation of the Act:
(a) Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011;
(b) Tobacco Plain Packaging Regulations 2011.
(2) Subsection (1) ceases to have effect on 30 September 2014.
(3) For subsection 47(3) of the Act, the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, section 134 of Schedule 2 to that Act,
to the extent that it relates to the Competition and Consumer (Tobacco) Information Standard 2011 is exempt
from the Act.
(4) Subsection (3) ceases to have effect on 30 November 2014.