Amendments to the .nz Rules (in effect from 31 March 2023)
Since publishing the .nz Rules we have received some feedback from various stakeholders and identified minor amendments to tidy up the .nz Rules.
A number of amendments need to 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 us at dotnzreview@internetnz.net.nz before Friday 24 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| Interpretation | 1 - “Authorisation Agreement” | Outdated link - link to Authorisation Agreement updated |
| Interpretation | 1 - “Billing Business Rules” | Definition deleted - term no longer applicable as billing business rules are provided in the Connection Agreement |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| Interpretation | 1 - “Connection Agreement” | Outdated link - link to .nz Connection Agreement updated |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 an 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” |
All of the above updates will be made to the current .nz Rules to come into effect on Friday, 31 March 2023.