15Regulatory regime criminal fines

#### 15 Regulatory regime criminal fines (1) For the definition of regulatory regime criminal fine in section 4 of the Act, a regulatory regime criminal fine is a fine for a criminal offence under: (a) a provision of the following NZ Acts: (i) Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997 (NZ); (ia) Auditor Regulation Act 2011 (NZ); (ii) Companies Act 1993 (NZ); (iii) Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003 (NZ); (iv) Fair Trading Act 1986 (NZ); (iva) Financial Advisers Act 2008 (NZ); (v) Financial Markets Authority Act 2011 (NZ); (va) Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 (NZ); (vb) Financial Reporting Act 2013 (NZ); (vi) Financial Reporting Act 1993 (NZ); (vii) Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008 (NZ); (viia) Food Act 2014 (NZ); (viii) Food Act 1981 (NZ); (ix) Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Act 2010 (NZ); (x) Securities Act 1978 (NZ); (xi) Securities Markets Act 1988 (NZ); (xii) Takeovers Act 1993 (NZ); (xiii) Unit Trusts Act 1960 (NZ); (b) a provision of the Commerce Act 1986 (NZ), other than a provision in Subpart 9 or 10 of Part 4; (c) subsection 54(1) or (2) of the Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001 (NZ); (d) one or more of the following provisions of the Medicines Act 1981 (NZ): (i) sections 17, 20, 24, 36, 38, 41, 42, 59 and 78; (ii) subsection 18(5); (e) a provision in Part 4, 5 or 5D of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1989 (NZ). (2) The reference in subsection (1) to a provision (an Act provision) includes a reference to any provision of any subordinate legislation (however described) that is made: (a) under a NZ Act; and (b) in connection with, or for the purposes of, the Act provision. (3) Subsection (1) applies even if the criminal offence under the provision relates to a contravention of, or relates to a fine in or calculated under, or is extended in its application or operation by, any other provision in or made under a NZ Act.