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Interpretation Rules 2003

TOKELAU

INTERPRETATION RULES

The present law dealing with the interpretation of Acts and regulations of Tokelau is the Interpretation Act 1999 (NZ).

These Rules are for the purpose of interpreting rules made by the General Fono under the Tokelau Amendment Act 1996. Useful rules and definitions from the Interpretation Act are repeated in these Rules. Other rules (on holidays, time, and access to the law) are inserted to suit the needs of Tokelau.

INTERPRETATION RULES 2003

1 Application

(1) These Rules apply to all existing and future rules of Tokelau unless—

(i) it is otherwise expressly provided; or

(ii) the context otherwise requires.

(2) These Rules shall bind the Government of Tokelau.

2 Definitions

In rules of the General Fono—

"adult" means a person over 21 years of age;

"affidavit" has the meaning set out in the Tokelau Affidavits and Declarations Regulations 1986;

"commencement" when used in reference to a rule means the date on which the rule comes into operation;

"Commissioner" means a Commissioner appointed under section 5 of the Tokelau Amendment Act 1986 or a person exercising the functions, duties, and powers of a Commissioner under section 6 of the Tokelau Amendment Act 1986;

"constable" means—

(i) an officer of police of Tokelau; and

(ii) any member of the New Zealand Police Force designated in writing by the Council of Faipule as a constable for Tokelau;

"contravene" includes fail to comply with;

"day" means a calendar day;

"financial year" means the period beginning 1 July in any year and ending 30 June of the following year;

"High Court" means the High Court of New Zealand in the exercise of its jurisdiction as the High Court of Tokelau;

"holiday" means Sunday, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Tokehega Day, and any day declared by a village to be a public holiday;

"month" means a calendar month;

"New Zealand" does not include Tokelau;

"person" includes a corporation sole, and also a body of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate;

"village" means a village incorporated by the Tokelau Village Incorporation Regulations 1986;

"writing" includes words printed, typewritten, painted, engraved, lithographed, or otherwise traced or copied;

"year" means a calendar year.

3 Tokelau Standard Time

Tokelau Standard Time is 11 hours behind Universal Time.

4 Rules of interpretation

(1) The law shall receive such fair, large, and liberal construction and interpretation as will best ensure the attainment of its object according to its true intent, meaning, and spirit.

(2) Where there are substantive differences between the English and the Tokelauan versions of a rule, the interpretation of the rule shall be in accordance with the language in which it was enacted.

5 Commencement

(1) Where a rule does not prescribe its date of commencement, it shall commence on the day when a copy of the rule is deposited in the Administration Office of each village in accordance with section 3D(2)(a) of the Tokelau Act 1948.

(2) No power conferred by a rule shall, unless it is necessary for bringing the rule into effect at its commencement, be exercised before the commencement of the rule.

6 Repeal of rule or regulation

The repeal of a rule or regulation shall not—

(i) revive anything not in force or not in existence at the time the repeal takes effect;

(ii) affect the previous operation of the rule or regulation or anything done or suffered under it;

(iii) affect any right acquired under it; or

(iv) affect any penalty incurred in respect of an offence committed under it.

7 Computation of time

(1) A period of time described as beginning at, on, or with a given day or act or event includes that day or the day of that act or event.

(2) A period of time described as beginning from or after a given day or act or event does not include that day or the day of that act or event.

(3) A period of time described as ending by, on, at or with or continuing to or until a given day or act or event includes that day or the day of that act or event.

(4) A period of time described as ending before a given day or act or event does not include that day or the day of that act or event.

(5) For the purpose of calculating whether a period of a given number of days has elapsed between two events or the days on which the events happened, the days on which the events happened are not included in the period.

(6) If, in accordance with provisions determining a period of time, a thing is to be done on a day which is a Saturday or a holiday, it may be done on the next day which is not a Saturday or a holiday.

(7) Where an expression of time occurs in any document, rule, or regulation, the time referred to shall be Tokelau Standard Time.

8 Distance

Where a distance is specified in a document, rule, or regulation, it shall be measured in a straight line on a horizontal or vertical plane.

9 Seal, mark, or thumbprint instead of signature

The seal, mark, or thumbprint of a party to a document who is unable to sign shall have the same legal effect as a signature, if it is attested by the signatures of 2 other persons who are not parties to the document and who certify the identity of the person making the mark, seal, or thumbprint.

10 Deviation from a form

A deviation from a form shall not affect the legal consequences of a document, if the deviation does not affect its substance and is not calculated to mislead.

11 Reprints

(1) The General Fono may arrange for the laws of Tokelau to be consolidated and reprinted in English and Tokelauan as the General Fono directs.

(2) Laws reprinted in accordance with directions given under paragraph (1) may include changes in form and style that do not affect substance.

(3) Where laws are reprinted under this Rule, the General Fono shall certify that they have been reprinted in accordance with this Rule, and the date at which the reprint was made.

(4) Where laws are reprinted under this Rule, judicial notice shall be taken of the text as reprinted.

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TULAFONO O TE FAKAUIGAGA O NA KUPU

Ko te tulafono e iei nei e gafa ma te fakauigaga o na Tulafono fakapalemene ma na tulafono a Tokelau, ko te Tulafono Fakapalemene a Niuhila mo te Fakauigaga o na Tulafono 1999 (NZ).

Ko te kautu o na Tulafono ienei ko te fakauigaga o na tulafono e fau e te Fono Fakamua i lalo o te Tulafono Toe Teuteu a Tokelau 1996. E iei na tulafono aoga ma na fakauigaga mai te Tulafono o te Fakauigaga e toe takua i loto o na Tulafono ienei. Ko ietahi tulafono (o ahomalolo, taimi, ma te avanoa ke fakaaoga na tulafono) kua opo ki loto ke fetaui ma na manakoga o Tokelau.

TULAFONO O TE FAKAUIGAGA 2003

1 Fakaaogaga

(1) Ko na Tulafono ienei e aofia i loto na tulafono uma a Tokelau e iei i te taimi nei ma ka iei i te lumanaki, vagana –

• (i) e takua he tahi tulaga manino; pe
  
• (ii) e kehe te fakauigaga o he fakakupuga.
  

(2) Ko na Tulafono ienei e nonoa fakatahi ai ia Tokelau.

2. Fakauigaga
   

I na tulafono a te Fono Fakamua –

"tagata matua" ko he tino kua hilia i te 21 tauhaga te matua;

"takutinoga" ko tona uiga kua fakatatia i loto o te Tulafono a Tokelau mo Takutinoga 1986;

"aho kamata" kafai e fakaaoga agai ki he tulafono, ko tona uiga ko te aho e kamata amanakia ai te tulafono tena;

"Komehina" ko he Komehina e tofia i lalo o te vaega 5 o te Tulafono Toe Teuteu a Tokelau 1986 pe ko he tino e fakaaoga e ia na fakatinoga, tiute, ma na mafai o he Komehina i lalo o te vaega 6 o te Tulafono Toe Teuteu a Tokelau 1986;

"leoleo" ko tona uiga-

(i) he tino ofiha leoleo a Tokelau; ma

(ii) ho he leoleo o te Fakalapotopotoga o Leoleo a Niuhila e tofia i he tuhituhiga e te Fono a Faipule ke kavea ma leoleo mo Tokelau;

"he uhitakia" e aofia ai te he mulimuli ki ei;

"aho" ko he aho fakakalena;

"tauhaga tupe" ko te vaitaimi i te 1 Iulai i ho he tauhaga fakagata i te fakaikuga o te 30 Iuni o te tauhaga hohoko;

"Fakamahinoga Maualuga" ko te Fakamahinoga Maualuga a Niuhila i te fakatinoga o ona tiute fakatetulafono ko ia ko te Fakamahinoga Maualuga a Tokelau;

"aho malolo" ko he Ahoha, Aho Kilihimahi, Tua-aho Kilihimahi, Aho Tauhaga Fou, Ahofalaile Lelei, Ahogafua o te Eheta, Aho o te Tokehega, ma he tahi aho fakailoa e te nuku ke fai ma aho malolo fakatenuku;

"mahina" ko he mahina fakakalena;

"Niuhila" e he aofia ai ia Tokelau;

"tino" e aofia ai he kamupani, te fakalapotopotoga o ni tino, pe he fakakamupani pe heai;

"nuku" ko he nuku kua tukufakatahia i lalo o te Tulafono Tukufakatahi a na Nuku i Tokelau 1986;

"tuhituhia" e aofia ai na kupu tuhia, kupu taipa, kupu valivali, kupu e vane ki he laupapa, ukamea, mtm, kupu e lolomi i he mahini mtm lolomi kupu, pe kopi;

"tauhaga" he tauhaga fakakalena;

3 Taimi Fakatulaga o Tokelau

Ko te Taimi Fakatulaga o Tokelau e 11 itula i tua o te Taimi Fakatelalolagi.

4 Tulafono o te fakauigaga

(1) Ka maua e te tulafono he fakauigaga talafeagai, lauefa, ke mautinoa ai te katoatoa o te kautu e tuha ai ko te agaga ma te uiga moni.

(2) Kafai e ie ni kehekehega lahi i te faka-peletania ma te faka-Tokelau o he tulafono, ko te fakauigaga o te tulafono e fai i te gagana na pahia ai.

5 Aho Kamata

(1) Kafai e he takua i he tulafono te aho e fakaaloakia ai, ko te aho e tuku atu ai ki te Ofiha o te Pulepulega o na nuku takitahi, ko te aho kamata ia o te tulafono tena, e tuha ai ma te vaega 3D(2)(a) o te Tulafono a Tokelau 1948.

(2) E heai he mafai e takua i he tulafono e fakaamanakia ka ko heki pa ki te aho kamata o te tulafono tena, vagana e fai ke fakaamanakia te tulafono tena i tona aho kamata lava.

6 Fakaheai o he tulafono

Ko te fakaheai o he tulafono ka he-

(ii) toe faia ai he mea e heki fakatinoa i te taimi na fakaamanakia ai ke fakaheai te tulafono;

(iii) afia ai ni fakatinoga o te tulafono nae fai muamua, pe ko he mea na afaina ona ko te tulafono;

(iv) afia ai ni aia na tuku mai e te tulafono; pe

(v) afia ai ni fakahalaga na fai ona ko he holigatulafono na fai i lalo o te tulafono.

7 Fakaaogaga/Fuafuaga o te taimi

(1) He vaitaimi e fakamatala veia, ko te kamataga, ko te taimi tonu, pe ko he aho, pe he gaoioiga pe he mea e fakatino f.t. aho fakamanatu, aho fiafia, mtm e aofai ai te aho tena pe ko te aho o te gaoioiga pe ko te aho ka fakatino ai he mea tutupu.

(2) He vaitaimi e fakamatala e veia, ko te kamataga i mua mai pe ko tua atu o he aho pe ko he gaoioiga pe he mea e fakatino e he aofia ai te aho tena pe ko te aho e fai ai te gaoioiga pe ko te fakatinoga.

(3) He vaitaimi e fakamatala veia, kua gata ai, te taimi tena, i te pe fakaauau ke pa ki te aho takua pe he gaoioiga pe he fakatinoga e aofia ai te aho tena o te gaoioiga pe ko te fakatinoga.

(4) He vaitaimi kua fakamatala veia, kua gata ai te aho takua pe ko he gaoioiga pe he fakatinoga e he aofia ai te aho pe ko te aho o te gaoioiga pe ko te fakatinoga.

(5) Mo te fuafuaga pe ko he vaitaimi o he aofakiga o ni aho takua e aofia ai ni fakatinoga e lua pe ko na aho e fai ai na fakatinoga, ko na aho e fai ai na fakatinoga e he aofia i te piliota tena.

(6) Kafai, e fuafua ki na fakatatiaga mo te fuafuaga o he vaitaimi, ko he mea e fai i he aho e he ko he Ahotonai pe ko he aho malolo, e mafai ke fai i te alafaki e he ko he Ahotonai pe ko he aho malolo.

(7) Kafai ko he taimi e hula i loto o he tuhituhiga, pe he ,tulafono ko te taimi tena ko te Taimi Fakatulaga mo Tokelau.

8 Fuafuaga o te Mamao

Kafai e hula te fua o te mamao i he tuhituhiga, pe he tulafono, ko te mamao tena e fua i he laina halo tatia pe ko he laina tu hako.

9 Fakailoga pe ko he ata o he alofilima o te lima matua kae he ko he hainiga

Kafai he tino e he mafai ke haini he pepa tuhituhiga, ko te fakaaoga o he fakailoga pe ko te ata o te alofilima o te lima matua ke fai ma fakailoga o he hainiga, e tutuha lelei lava tena i luga o te tulafono ma he haini, kafai e fakamaonia i ni haini a ni tino e tokalua, ko na tino iena e toka 2 e he ko ni vaega ki te pepa tuhituhiga ma e fakamaonia e kilaua te fakailoga a te tino e fai, i he fakailoga pe ko te ata o te alofilima o te lima matua.

10. Ko te he mulimuli hako ki he pepa fakamatalaga
    

Ko te he mulimuli hako ki he pepa fakamatalaga ka he afaina ai te fakauigaga fakatetulafono o he tuhituhiga, kafai ko te he mulimuli hako e he afaina ai te agaga moni o te pepa fakamatala ma e heki fuafuagia ke fakahehe.

11 Toe lolomiga o na tulafono

(1) E mafai te Fono Fakamua ke fakatonu ke opo ma toe lolomi na tulafono a Tokelau i te gagana faka-peletania ma te gagana Tokelau pe hea lava te fakatonu e te Fono Fakamua.

(2) Ko na tulafono e toe lolomi e tuha ai ko na fakatonuga i te palakalafa (1), e mafai ke tuku ke hui tona ata ma te faiga kae he huia ai te agaga o te tulafono.

(3) Kafai he tulafono e toe lolomi i lalo o te Tulafono tenei, ko te Fono Fakamua e fakamaonia ko te toe lolomiga o na tulafono na fai e tuha ai ko te Tulafono tenei, ma te aho na toe lolomi ai.

(4) Kafai he tulafono e toe lolomi i lalo o te tulafono tenei, e tatau ke iei he fakailoaga fakatetulafono o te lomiga kafai kua uma te toe lolomi o te tulafono.

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