Information for Persons Making Submissions
Written submissions on the issues raised by the discussion paper are invited from all interested parties. The closing date for submissions is Friday 10 August 2007.
Submissions should be sent to:
Commerce Act Review
Ministry of Economic Development
PO Box 1473
Wellington
Delivery address:
Level 8, 33 Bowen Street
Wellington
Email: commerceactreview@med.govt.nz
It would be useful if submissions sent in hard copy or faxed were also provided in electronic form (Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Word 2000 or compatible format).
Submissions will be considered by officials in the preparation of advice to Ministers concerning the regulatory provisions in the Commerce Act.
Specific questions have been posed to submitters in boxes at the end of most of the Chapters. The full set of questions appears after the Executive Summary. Broader comment on the issues will also be welcomed.
Official Information Act and Privacy Act
Posting and Release of Submissions
The Ministry may post all or parts of any written submission on its website. The Ministry will consider you to have consented to posting by making a submission, unless you clearly specify otherwise in your submission.
In any case, content of submissions provided to the Ministry are likely to be subject to public release under the Official Information Act 1982 following requests to the Ministry (including via e-mail). Please state if you have any objection to the release of any information contained in a submission, and in particular, which part(s) you consider should be withheld, together with the reason(s) for withholding the information. The Ministry will take into account all such objections when responding to requests for copies and information on submissions to this document under the Official Information Act 1982.
Privacy
The Privacy Act 1993 establishes certain principles with respect to the collection, use, and disclosure of information about individuals by various agencies including the Ministry. It governs access by individuals to information about themselves held by agencies. Any personal information you supply to the Ministry in the course of making a submission will be used by the Ministry only in conjunction with the matters covered by this document. Please clearly indicate in your submission if you do not wish your name to be included in any summary of submissions that the Ministry may publish.
Disclaimer
The opinions and proposals contained in this document are those of the Ministry of Economic Development and do not reflect government policy.
Readers are advised to seek specific legal advice from a qualified professional person before undertaking any action in reliance on the contents of this publication. The contents of this discussion paper must not be construed as legal advice. The Ministry does not accept any responsibility or liability whatsoever whether in contract, tort (including negligence), equity or otherwise for any action taken as a result of reading, or reliance placed on the Ministry because of having read, any part, or all, of the information in this discussion paper or for any error, inadequacy, deficiency, flaw or omission in the discussion paper.
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