Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Legislation Bill
Government Bill
33—2
As reported from the committee of the whole House
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Hon Phil Twyford
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Legislation Bill
Government Bill
33—2
Contents
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
1 Title
This Act is the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Legislation Act 2021.
2 Commencement
(1)
This Act comes into force on a date appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council.
(2)
An Order in Council made under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).
Part 1 Amendments to Customs and Excise Act 2018
3 Amendments to Customs and Excise Act 2018
This Part amends the Customs and Excise Act 2018.
4 Section 435 amended (Certificates of origin)
(1)
After section 435(6)(b), insert:
(c)
the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership done at Hanoi, Vietnam, on 15 November 2020 (the RCEP).
(2)
After section 435(7)(b), insert:
(c)
in relation to the RCEP, a specified RCEP party (see subsection (8)).
(3)
Replace section 435(8) with:
(8)
For the purposes of this section, the Governor-General may, by Order in Council, declare—
(a)
a country that is a party to AANZFTA to be a specified AANZFTA party:
(b)
a country that is a party to the RCEP to be a specified RCEP party.
Part 2 Amendments to Tariff Act 1988
5 Amendments to Tariff Act 1988
This Part amends the Tariff Act 1988.
6 Section 2 amended (Interpretation)
In section 2(1), insert in their appropriate alphabetical order:
RCEP means the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership done at Hanoi, Vietnam, on 15 November 2020
specified RCEP party means a country that is for the time being declared by Order in Council under section 7A(1)(bc) to be a specified RCEP party for the purposes of this Act
7 Section 7A amended (Order in Council about preferential countries)
(1)
After section 7A(1)(bb), insert:
(bc)
declare a country that is a party to the RCEP to be a specified RCEP party for the purposes of this Act:
(2)
In section 7A(3), after “specified TPA party,”
, insert “a specified RCEP party,”
.
8 Section 15A amended (Interpretation)
In section 15A, definition of free trade agreement, after paragraph (g), insert:
(h)
the RCEP
9 Section 15H amended (Provisional transitional safeguard measure)
In section 15H(1)(b)(ii), replace “or the Republic of Korea FTA,”
with “the Republic of Korea FTA, or the RCEP,”
.
Part 3 Amendments to Tariff
10 Tariff amended
This Part, in accordance with section 9F(1) of the Tariff Act 1988, amends the Tariff.
11 Tariff, note 2 amended
In the notes to the Tariff, note 2, penultimate paragraph, after “PPP,”
, insert “RCEP,”
.
12 Tariff, note 3 amended
In the notes to the Tariff, note 3, after the item relating to a country that is a specified PACER Plus party, insert:
| Country that is a specified RCEP party | RCEP |
Legislative history
4 May 2021 | Introduction (Bill 33–1) | |
18 May 2021 | First reading and referral to Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee | |
3 September 2021 | Reported from Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee | |
28 September 2021 | Second reading | |
19 October 2021 | Committee of the whole House (Bill 33–2) |