Amendments to the .nz Rules (in effect from 31 March 2023)

Since publishing the .nz Rules InternetNZ has received some feedback from various stakeholders and identified minor amendments to tidy up the .nz Rules.

A number of amendments will be made to various Operational and Procedures and Requirements sections of the .nz Rules, including changes to clause references or to drafting errors to clarify the current .nz rules.

If you have any questions/comments about the amendments detailed in the table above please email InternetNZ at [email protected] before Friday 24 March 2023.

All of the above updates will be made to the current .nz Rules to come into effect on Friday, 31 March 2023.

The table below provides details of the amendments that are to be made:

Section	Clause	Amendment
Interpretation	1 - “Authorisation Agreement”	Outdated link - link to Authorisation Agreement updated
Interpretation	1 - “Billing Business Rules”	Definition deleted - term no longer applicable as billing business rules are provided in the Connection Agreement
Interpretation	1 - “Compliance Lock”	Updated reference - clause “12” to “12.2.17”
Interpretation	1 - “Connection Agreement”	Outdated link - link to .nz Connection Agreement updated
Interpretation	1 - “DNS Operator”	Updated reference - clause “2.2.9” to “2.2.10”
Interpretation	1 - “Registration Grace Period”	Updated reference - clause “7.3” to “7.3.3”
Interpretation	1 - “Renewal Grace Period”	Updated reference - clause “7.3” to “7.3.4”
Operational Rules	2.2.4(b)	Updated reference - clause “2.3” to “ 2.3.5”
Operational Rules	4.2.3	Updated to align with current practice - 4.2.3(a) has been deleted as there is no requirement that the new Registrar must notify the existing Registrar in regards to a transfer
Procedures and Requirements	4.3.1	Updated to align with current practice - no notification requirement as per above, so 4.3.1(a) & (b) have been updated to reflect the Domain Name Holders responsibility to provide the authorisation code to the new Registrar and the new Registrars responsibility to provide the authorisation code to InternetNZ
Procedures and Requirements	4.3.4	Updated to align with current practice - DNCL can generate a new authorisation code and provide it to the Domain Name Holder
Operational Rules	6.2.7(c)	Updated reference - clause “6.3” to “6.3.2”
Operational Rules	6.2.8	Updated reference - clause “6.3” to “6.3.1”
Operational Rules	6.2.8(b)	Updated reference - clause “6.3” to “6.3.2”
Operational Rules	6.2.9(a)	Updated reference - clause “6.3” to “6.3.2”
Operational Rules	6.2.10	Updated reference - clause “6.3” to “6.3.2”
Procedures and Requirements	7.3.1	Updated clause to reflect correct fee as previously determined - $18.00 (excl GST) per year instead of $1.50 per month
Procedures and Requirements	7.3.2	Updated to correct term - “Billing Business Rules” to “Connection Agreement” as that is where details about the invoicing sits now
Procedures and Requirements	7.3.4	Updated to align with current practice - Renewal Grace Period doesn’t apply when the term of the .nz domain name has been extended as part of a transfer from one Registrar to another
Procedures and Requirements	7.3.5	Deletion - “during which” as incomplete sentence
Procedures and Requirements	8.3.2(e)	Addition - completed the sentence by including “the Privacy Act 2020”
Operational Rules	9.2.4	Updated reference - clause “9.3” to “9.3.2”
Operational Rules	10.2.24	Addition to align with current practice - clause 10.2.24 has been added to confirm DNCL publishes an annual transparency report
Operational Rules	10.2.26	Updated reference - clause “10.3” to “10.3.9”
Operational Rules	10.2.31	Updated reference - clause “10.3” to clauses “10.3.10 to 10.3.11”
Operational Rules	10.2.34	Updated reference - clause “10.2.30” to “10.2.32”
Operational Rules	12.2.3	Updated reference - clause “12.2.7” to “12.2.8”
Operational Rules	12.2.6	Updated reference - clause “12.2.15” to “12.2.16”
Operational Rules	12.2.15	Updated reference - clause “2.2.2” to “2.2.3”
Operational Rules	12.2.18	Updated reference - clause “12.2” to clauses “12.2.8 and 12.2.16”
Operational Rules	12.2.19	Updated reference - clause “12.2.15” to “12.2.16”
Operational Rules	12.2.24	Updated reference - clause “12.2.21(d)” to “12.2.22(d)”
Operational Rules	12.2.25	Replace and updated - word “notify” with “take” and clause “12.2.21(d)” to “12.2.22(d)”
Operational Rules	12.2.26(b)	Updated reference - clause “12.2.21” to “12.2.22”
Operational Rules	12.2.26(c)	Updated reference - clauses “12.2.22(a) and (b)” to “12.2.23(a) and (b)”
Operational Rules	12.2.27	Updated reference - clause “12.2.25(d)” to “12.2.26(d)”
Procedures and Requirements	12.3.1	Updated reference - clause “12.2.21” to “12.2.22”