New Zealand legislation

Crown copyright on New Zealand legislation

The PCO no longer administers Crown copyright in legislation.

On and after 1 April 2001, section 27(1) of the Copyright Act 1994 provides that no copyright exists in any of the following works, whenever those works were made:

• any Bill introduced into the House of Representatives
• any Act as defined in section 29 of the Interpretation Act 1999
• any regulations, which means—
  • regulations as defined in section 2 of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989; and
  • instruments that have, pursuant to section 6A of the Regulations Act 1936 or section 14 of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989, been printed or published as if they were regulations
• any bylaw as defined in section 2 of the Bylaws Act 1910
• the New Zealand Parliamentary Debates
• reports of select committees laid before the House of Representatives
• judgments of any court or tribunal
• reports of Royal commissions, commissions of inquiry, ministerial inquiries, or statutory inquiries.