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Annex 13A: Schedule of Commitments for Temporary Entry of Business Persons (web version)

Published 28 February 2022

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Schedule of New Zealand

1. The following sets out New Zealand’s commitments in accordance with Article 13.5 (Grant of Temporary Entry) in respect of the entry and temporary stay of business persons.

2. For the purposes of this Schedule, the term “CPC” means the Provisional Central Product Classification (Statistical Papers Series M No. 77, Department of International Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office of the United Nations, New York, 1991).

3. For the purposes of this Schedule, the term “enterprise of a party” means an enterprise of a party as defined in Article 9.1 (Definitions – Cross-Border Trade in Services).

A. Business Visitors

Description of Category

Definition:

Business Visitors comprise a business person:

(a) who is seeking temporary entry to New Zealand for the purpose of:

(i) meetings and consultations: business persons attending meetings or conferences, or engaged in consultations with business associates;

(ii) training seminars: personnel of an enterprise who enter the territory of a Party to receive informal training in techniques and work practices which are relevant to the operation of the enterprise, provided that the training received is confined to observation, familiarisation, and theoretical instruction only and does not lead to the award of a formal qualification;^{[footnote 1]}

(iii) trade fairs and exhibitions: personnel attending a trade fair for the purpose of promoting their company or its products or services;

(iv) sales: representatives of a supplier of services or goods taking orders or negotiating the sale of services or goods or entering into agreements to sell services or goods for that supplier, but not delivering goods or supplying services themselves;

(v) purchasing: buyers purchasing goods or services for an enterprise, or management and supervisory personnel, engaging in a commercial transaction carried out in the territory of the Party of which the short-term business visitor is a natural person;

(vi) commercial transactions: management and supervisory personnel and financial services personnel (including insurers, bankers, and investment brokers) engaging in a commercial transaction for an enterprise of a Party of which the short-term business visitor is a natural person;

(vii) undertaking business consultations or negotiations concerning the establishment, expansion, or winding up of a business enterprise or investment in New Zealand, or any related matter;

(b) who is not seeking to enter the labour market of New Zealand; and

(c) whose principal place of business, actual place of remuneration, and predominant place of accrual of profits remain outside New Zealand.

Conditions and Limitations (including length of stay)

Entry for a period not exceeding in aggregate three months in any calendar year.

B. Intra-Corporate Transferees

The partner and dependent children accompanying the Intra-Corporate Transferee

New Zealand shall allow the entry and temporary stay of the partner and any dependent children accompanying an Intra-Corporate Transferee of the United Kingdom that have been granted entry and temporary stay. The period of temporary stay for that partner and, where relevant, dependent children, shall be the same as that granted to the Intra-Corporate Transferee.

For the purposes of this commitment:

“partner” means any spouse or civil partner of an Intra-Corporate Transferee from the United Kingdom, including under a marriage, civil union, or equivalent union or partnership, recognised as such in accordance with the law of New Zealand. For greater certainty, this includes any unmarried or same sex partner of the Intra-Corporate Transferee; and

“dependent children” means children under the age of 20 who are dependent on the Intra-Corporate Transferee and who are recognised as dependent children in accordance with the law of New Zealand where:

(i) the Intra-Corporate Transferee has the legal right to remove them from their home country; or

(ii) both of the children’s parents will be granted entry and temporary stay in accordance with this Agreement.

Description of Category

Definition:

Intra-Corporate Transferees comprise an executive, manager, or a specialist;

(a) who is an employee of a goods supplier, service supplier, or investor of a Party with a commercial presence in New Zealand; and

(b) whose salary and any related payments are paid entirely by the service supplier or enterprise that employs the Intra-Corporate Transferee.

For the purposes of this definition, “executive” means a business person who primarily directs the management of an enterprise, exercises wide latitude in decision making, and receives only general supervision or direction from higher level executives, the board of directors, or stockholders of the enterprise. An executive would not directly perform tasks related to the actual provision of the service or the operation of the enterprise.

Executives must have been employed by their employer for at least 12 months prior to their proposed transfer to New Zealand.

For the purposes of this definition, “manager” means a business person who will be responsible for or directs the entire or a substantial part of the operations of the enterprise in New Zealand, receiving general supervision or direction principally from higher level executives, the board of directors, or stockholders of the enterprise; supervising and controlling the work of other supervisory, professional, or managerial employees; and having the authority to establish goals and policies of the entire or a substantial part of the operations of the enterprise.

Managers must have been employed by their employer for at least 12 months prior to their proposed transfer to New Zealand.

For the purposes of this definition, “specialist” means a business person with advanced trade, technical, or professional skills within an organisation who possesses knowledge at an advanced level of technical expertise, and who possesses proprietary knowledge of the organisation’s service, research equipment, techniques, or management. Such specialists are responsible for or employed in a particular aspect of an organisation’s operations in New Zealand. Skills are assessed in terms of the applicant’s employment experience, qualifications, and suitability for the position.

Conditions and Limitations (including length of stay)

Executives and managers:

Entry for a period of initial stay up to a maximum of three years.

Decision making timelines:

(i) To the extent practicable, the competent authorities of New Zealand shall adopt a decision on the immigration formality application, or a renewal of it, and shall notify the decision to the applicant in writing, in accordance with the notification procedures under the relevant law of New Zealand, as soon as possible but no later than 15 days from the date on which the complete application was submitted.

(ii) Where it is not practicable for a decision to be made within 15 days, the competent authorities of New Zealand shall endeavour to make a decision within a reasonable period of time thereafter.

(iii) Where the information or documentation for the application is incomplete, and additional information is required to process the application, the competent authorities shall endeavour to notify the applicant within a reasonable period of time of the additional information that is required and set a reasonable deadline for providing it. The 15 day period shall be suspended until the competent authorities have received the required additional information.

Specialists:

Entry for a period of initial stay up to a maximum of three years.

C. Contractual Services Suppliers

Description of Category

Definition:

“Contractual Services Supplier” means a business person employed by an enterprise of the United Kingdom that:

(a) is not an agency for placement and supply services of personnel and is not acting through such an agency;

(b) has not established in the territory of New Zealand; and

(c) has concluded a bona fide contract to supply services to a final consumer in New Zealand, requiring the presence on a temporary basis of its employees in New Zealand in order to fulfil the contract to supply services.

A Contractual Services Supplier must have:

(a) a tertiary-level degree of at least three years in duration;^{[footnote 2]} and

(b) at least six years of experience.

The six years of experience must be relevant to the field of the contract to supply services.

Only in respect of the service sectors or sub-sectors set out below:

(a) Legal advisory services in respect of public international law and foreign law (part of CPC 861);

(b) accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping services (CPC 862);

(c) taxation advisory services (part of CPC 863);

(d) urban planning and landscape architectural services (CPC 8674);

(e) medical and dental services (CPC 9312);

(f) midwives services (part of CPC 93191);

(g) services provided by nurses, physiotherapists, and paramedical personnel (part of CPC 93191);

(h) research and development services (CPC 851-853);

(i) advertising services (CPC 871);

(j) market research and opinion polling (CPC 864);

(k) management consulting services (CPC 865);

(l) services related to management consulting (CPC 866);

(m) technical testing and analysis services (CPC 8676);

(n) related scientific and technical consulting services (CPC 8675);

(o) mining (advisory and consulting only) (part of CPC 883 + 5115);

(p) translation and interpretation services (CPC 87905**);

(q) telecommunication services (CPC 752);

(r) postal and courier services (advisory and consulting only) (part of CPC 751);

(s) insurance and insurance related advisory and consulting services (part of CPC 812);

(t) other financial services advisory and consulting services (parts of CPC 8131**, 8133**);

(u) transport advisory and consulting services (parts of CPC 74490*, 74590*, 74690**); or

(v) manufacturing advisory and consulting services (part of CPC 884-885).

Conditions and Limitations (including length of stay)

Entry for a cumulative period of not more than six months in any 12 month period or for the duration of the contract, whichever is less. Subject to economic needs tests.

The Contractual Service Supplier entering New Zealand has been offering such services as an employee of the enterprise supplying the services for at least the year immediately preceding the date of submission of an application for entry into New Zealand.

The Contractual Services Supplier entering New Zealand must have a valid employment contract with that enterprise in the United Kingdom and receive pay, while in New Zealand, that is at least equivalent to that which a comparable New Zealand worker providing services in the same or similar field would be expected to receive. The contractual services supplier must be employed on conditions that are equivalent to New Zealand minimum employment standards.

The Contractual Services Supplier does not receive remuneration for the provision of services in the territory of New Zealand other than the remuneration paid by the enterprise employing the Contractual Services Supplier or from a source outside New Zealand.

The number of persons covered by the services contract shall not be larger than necessary to provide the services as stipulated in the contract.

The contract to supply services shall comply with the law of New Zealand.

D. Installers and Servicers

Description of Category

“Installers and Servicers” comprise a business person who is an Installer or Servicer of machinery or equipment, in situations when such installation or servicing by the supplying company is a condition of purchase of the machinery or equipment. An Installer or Servicer cannot perform services that are not related to the service activity that is the subject of the contract.

Conditions and Limitations (including length of stay)

Entry for periods not exceeding three months in any 12 month period.

E. Independent Professionals

Description of Category

Definition:

“Independent Professionals” means a self-employed business person with advanced technical or professional skills, without the requirement for a commercial presence, working under a valid contract in New Zealand.

An Independent Professional must have:

(a) a qualification resulting from at least three years of formal post-secondary school education leading to a degree or diploma recognised as comparable to the domestic standard in New Zealand;^{[footnote 3]} and

(b) at least six years of experience.

The six years of experience must be relevant to the field of the contract to supply services.

Only in respect of the service sectors set out in New Zealand’s Schedule of Specific Commitments in the WTO (as currently set out in GATS/SC/62, GATS/SC/62/Suppl.1, and GATS/SC/62/Suppl.2) and the additional service sectors set out below.

1. BUSINESS SERVICES

A. Professional Services

(a) Legal services (international and foreign law) (part of CPC 861**)

(f) Integrated engineering services (CPC 8673)

(g) Consultancy related to urban planning and landscape architectural services (part of CPC 86711**)

B. Computer and Related Services

(e) Maintenance and repair of office machinery and equipment including computers (CPC 84500)

(f) Other computer services (CPC 84990)

F. Other Business Services

(c) Management consultancy services (CPC 8650)

(d) Services related to management consultancy (CPC 8660)

(f) Services incidental to animal husbandry (CPC 88120)

(k) Placement and supply services of Personnel (CPC 8720)

(p) Photographic services (CPC 8750)

(s) Convention services (part of CPC 64110**)

(t) Other (credit reporting, collection agency services, interior design, telephone answering and duplicating services) (CPC 87901, 87902, 87907, 87903, 87904)

5. EDUCATIONAL SERVICES

E. Other Education Services (part of CPC 92900**)

• Language training provided in private specialist language institutions;
• Tuition in subjects taught at the primary and secondary levels, provided by private specialist institutions operating outside the New Zealand compulsory school system.

6. ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

A. Waste Water Management

B. Waste Management

C. Sanitation and similar services (CPC 94030)

D. Protection of ambient air and climate: consultancy only (Part of 94040)

E. Noise and vibration abatement: consultancy only (Part of CP 94050)

F. Protection of biodiversity and landscape: consultancy only (Part of 94090)

G. Other environmental and ancillary services: consultancy only (Part of 94090)

Conditions and Limitations (including length of stay)

Entry for a period of stay up to a maximum of 12 months and subject to economic needs tests.

Schedule of New Zealand (continued)

1. Notwithstanding the commitments set out above, New Zealand reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure with respect to ships’ crews.

2. With respect to audio-visual services, New Zealand immigration instructions stipulate a special procedure for the granting of visas to entertainers, performing artists, and associated support personnel for work purposes. To be eligible for a work visa or work permit, those applicants must come within the policy guidelines agreed to between the Minister of Immigration, independent promoters, agents, or producers, and the relevant performing artists’ unions.

Schedule of the United Kingdom

1. The following sets out the United Kingdom’s commitments in accordance with Article 13.5 (Grant of Temporary Entry) in respect of the temporary entry of business persons.

2. For the purposes of this Schedule, the term “CPC” means the Provisional Central Product Classification (Statistical Papers Series M No. 77, Department of International Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office of the United Nations, New York, 1991).

3. For the purposes of this Schedule, the term “enterprise of a Party” means an enterprise that carries out substantial business activities in the territory of New Zealand.

A. Business visitors

Commitments under this category are made under the following headings:

• Business visitors for establishment purposes; and
• Short-term business visitors.

Description of Category

Definition:

“Business visitors for establishment purposes” means business persons working in a senior position within an enterprise of a Party who are responsible for setting up an enterprise in the United Kingdom, do not offer nor provide services, do not engage in any economic activity other than what is required for establishment purposes, and do not receive remuneration within the United Kingdom.

Conditions and Limitations (including length of stay)

Business visitors for establishment purposes must be employed by an enterprise other than a non-profit organisation.

Temporary stay for a period not exceeding 90 days in any 12 month period.

The United Kingdom shall grant temporary entry of Business visitors for establishment purposes without the requirement of a work permit or other prior approval procedure of similar intent.

Description of Category

“Short-term business visitors” are permitted to engage in the following activities during their temporary stay:

(i) meetings and consultations: business persons attending meetings or conferences, or engaged in consultations with business associates;

(ii) training seminars: personnel of an enterprise who enter the United Kingdom to receive training in techniques and work practices which are utilised by companies or organisations in the United Kingdom, provided that the training received is confined to observation, familiarisation, and classroom instruction only

(iii) trade fairs and exhibitions: personnel attending a trade fair for the purpose of promoting their company or its products or services;

(iv) sales: representatives of a supplier of services or goods taking orders or negotiating the sale of services or goods or entering into agreements to sell services or goods for that supplier, but not delivering goods or supplying services themselves;

(v) purchasing: buyers purchasing goods or services for an enterprise, or management and supervisory personnel, engaging in a commercial transaction carried out in New Zealand; and

(vi) commercial transactions: management and supervisory personnel and financial services personnel (including insurers, bankers, and investment brokers) engaging in a commercial transaction for an enterprise of a Party.

Conditions and Limitations (including length of stay)

The United Kingdom shall allow the temporary entry of Short-term business visitors subject to the following conditions:

(a) the Short-term business visitors are not engaged in selling their goods or supplying services to the general public;

(b) the Short-term business visitors do not, on their own behalf, receive remuneration from within the United Kingdom; and

(c) the Short-term business visitors are not engaged in the supply of a service in the framework of a contract concluded between an enterprise that has not established in the United Kingdom, and a consumer in the United Kingdom.

Temporary stay for a period not exceeding 90 days in any 12 month period.

The United Kingdom shall grant temporary entry of Short-term business visitors without the requirement of a work permit or other prior approval procedure of similar intent.

B. Intra-Corporate Transferees (Managers, Specialists)

1. Commitments under this category are made under the following headings:

• managers;
• and specialists.

The partner and dependent children accompanying the Intracorporate transferee

2. The United Kingdom shall allow the temporary entry of the partner and dependent children accompanying an intra-corporate transferee of New Zealand granted temporary entry for the same period as the period of temporary stay granted to the intra-corporate transferee. For the purposes of this commitment:

“the partner” means any spouse or civil partner of an intracorporate transferee from New Zealand, including under a marriage, civil partnership, or equivalent union or partnership, recognised as such in accordance with the law of the United Kingdom. For greater certainty, this also includes any unmarried or same sex partner who, when accompanying an intracorporate transferee from New Zealand, may be granted temporary entry under the relevant law of the United Kingdom; and

“dependent children” means children who are dependent on the intra-corporate transferee and who are recognised as dependent children in accordance with the law of the United Kingdom where:

(a) the intra-corporate transferee has sole responsibility for the children; or

(b) both of the children’s parents are being granted temporary entry in accordance with this Agreement.

For greater certainty, with respect to the partner and dependent children of an intra-corporate transferee, temporary entry is without prejudice to the law of the United Kingdom applicable to temporary entry.

Description of Category

Definition:

“Intra-corporate transferees” means business persons who:

(a) have been employed by an enterprise of a Party, or have been partners in it, for a period of not less than one year immediately preceding the date of their application for the temporary entry in the United Kingdom;

(b) are temporarily transferred to an enterprise, in the United Kingdom, which forms part of the same group of the originating enterprise including its representative office, subsidiary, branch, or head company; and

(c) belongs to one of the following categories:

(i) managers: business persons working in a senior position, who primarily direct the management of the enterprise, receiving general supervision or direction principally from the board of directors or from stockholders of the business or their equivalent, including at least:

(A) directing the enterprise or a department thereof;

(B) supervising and controlling the work of other supervisory, professional or managerial employees; or

(C) having the personal authority to recruit and dismiss or to recommend recruitment, dismissal or other personnel-related actions; or

(ii) specialists: business persons who possess specialised knowledge essential to the enterprise’s production, research equipment, techniques, processes, procedures, or management. In assessing such knowledge, account shall be taken not only of knowledge specific to the enterprise, but also of whether the business person has a high level of qualification referring to a type of work or trade requiring specific technical knowledge, including membership of an accredited profession.

Conditions and Limitations (including length of stay)

Intra-corporate transferees must be employed by an enterprise other than a non-profit organisation.

Temporary stay for a period not exceeding three years.

Decision making timelines:

(a) To the extent practicable, the competent authorities of the United Kingdom shall adopt a decision on the immigration formality application, or a renewal of it, and shall notify the decision to the applicant in writing, in accordance with the notification procedures under the relevant law of the United Kingdom, as soon as possible but no later than 90 days after the date on which the complete application was submitted.

(b) Where it is not practicable for a decision to be made within 90 days, the competent authorities of the United Kingdom shall endeavour to make the decision within a reasonable period of time thereafter.

(c) Where the information or documentation for the application is incomplete, and additional information is required to process the application, the competent authorities shall endeavour to notify the applicant within a reasonable period of time of the additional information that is required and set a reasonable deadline for providing it. The 90 day period shall be suspended until the competent authorities have received the required additional information.

C. Contractual Service Suppliers

Description of Category

Definition:

“Contractual service suppliers” means business persons employed by an enterprise of a Party which:

(a) is not an agency for placement and supply services of personnel and is not acting through such an agency;

(b) has not established in the territory of the United Kingdom; and

(c) has concluded a bona fide contract to supply services to a final consumer in the United Kingdom, requiring the presence on a temporary basis of its employees in the United Kingdom in order to fulfil the contract to supply services.

The United Kingdom makes commitments only in the service sectors or sub-sectors set out below:

(i) legal advisory services in respect of public international law and foreign law (part of CPC 861);

(ii) accounting and bookkeeping services (CPC 86212 other than “auditing services”, 86213, 86219 and 86220);

(iii) taxation advisory services (CPC 863). Taxation advisory services does not include legal advisory and legal representational services on tax matters, which are under legal advisory services in respect of public international law and foreign law;

(iv) architectural services and urban planning and landscape architectural services (CPC 8671 and 8674);

(v) engineering services and integrated engineering services (CPC 8672 and 8673);

(vi) research and development services (CPC 851, 852 excluding psychologists services (part of CPC 85201, which is under medical and dental services), and 853);

(vii) advertising services (CPC 871);

(viii) market research and opinion polling services (CPC 864);

(ix) management consulting services (CPC 865);

(x) services related to management consulting (CPC 866);

(xi) technical testing and analysis services (CPC 8676);

(xii) maintenance and repair of metal products, of (non-office) machinery, of (non-transport and non-office) equipment, and of personal and household goods (CPC 633, 7545, 8861, 8862, 8864, 8865 and 8866);

(xiii) translation and interpretation services (CPC 87905, excluding official or certified activities);

(xiv) telecommunication services (CPC 7544, advisory and consulting services only);

(xv) postal and courier services (CPC 751, advisory and consulting services only);

(xvi) site investigation work (CPC 5111);

(xvii) insurance and insurance related services (advisory and consulting services only); and

(xviii) other financial services advisory and consulting services.

Conditions and Limitations (including length of stay)

The business persons are engaged in the supply of a service on a temporary basis as employees of an enterprise which has obtained a service contract not exceeding 12 months.

Temporary stay for a cumulative period of not more than six months in any 12 month period or for the duration of the contract, whichever is less.

Entry for the following sub-sectors is subject to an economic needs test:

(i) engineering services and integrated engineering services (CPC 8672 and 8673);

(ii) management consulting services (CPC 865);

(iii) services related to management consulting (CPC 866);

(iv) research and development services (CPC 851, 852 excluding psychologists services (part of CPC 85201, which is under medical and dental services), and 853); and

(v) postal and courier services (CPC 751, advisory and consulting services only).

The business persons entering the United Kingdom have been offering such services as employees of the enterprise supplying the services for at least the year immediately preceding the date of submission of an application for entry into the United Kingdom and possess, at the date of submission of an application for entry into the United Kingdom at least three years professional experience in the sector of activity which is the subject of the contract. Professional experience shall be obtained after having reached the age of majority.

The business persons entering the United Kingdom shall possess:

(a) a university degree or a qualification demonstrating knowledge of an equivalent level; and

(b) the professional qualifications legally required to exercise that activity in the United Kingdom.

Where the degree or qualification has not been obtained in the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom may evaluate whether this is equivalent to a university degree required in its territory.

The business person does not receive remuneration for the provision of services in the territory of the United Kingdom other than the remuneration paid by the enterprise employing the business person or from a source outside the United Kingdom.

The access accorded relates only to the service activity which is the subject of the contract and does not confer entitlement to exercise the professional title of the United Kingdom where the service is provided.

The number of persons covered by the service contract shall not be larger than necessary to fulfil the contract, as it may be requested by the laws, regulations or other legal requirements of the United Kingdom.

The contract to supply services shall comply with the requirements of the law that apply in the United Kingdom.

The United Kingdom may adopt or maintain a measure relating to qualification requirements, qualification procedures, technical standards, licensing requirements or licensing procedures that does not constitute a limitation within the meaning of Article 13.5 (Grant of Temporary Entry). Those measures, which include requirements to obtain a licence, to obtain recognition of qualifications in regulated sectors, or to pass specific examinations, such as language examinations, even if not listed in this Annex, apply in any case to contractual service suppliers of New Zealand.

D. Independent Professionals

Description of Category

Definition:

“Independent professionals” means business persons who:

(a) are engaged in the supply of a service and established as self-employed in the territory of New Zealand;

(b) have not established in the territory of the United Kingdom; and

(c) have concluded a bona fide contract (other than through an agency for placement and supply services of personnel) to supply services to a final consumer in the United Kingdom, requiring their presence on a temporary basis in the United Kingdom in order to fulfil the contract to supply services.

The United Kingdom makes commitments only in the service sectors or sub-sectors set out below:

(i) legal advisory services in respect of public international law and foreign law (part of CPC 861);

(ii) architectural services and urban planning and landscape architectural services (CPC 8671 and 8674);

(iii) research and development services (CPC 851, 852 excluding psychologists services (part of CPC 85201, which is under medical and dental services), and 853);

(iv) management consulting services (CPC 865);

(v) services related to management consulting (CPC 866);

(vi) translation and interpretation services (CPC 87905, excluding official or certified activities);

(vii) telecommunication services (CPC 7544, advisory and consulting services only);

(viii) postal and courier services (CPC 751, advisory and consulting services only);

(ix) insurance and insurance related services (advisory and consulting services only); and

(x) other financial services (advisory and consulting services only).

Conditions and Limitations (including length of stay)

The business persons are engaged in the supply of a service on a temporary basis as self-employed persons established in New Zealand and have obtained a service contract for a period not exceeding 12 months.

Temporary stay for a cumulative period of not more than six months in any 12 month period or for the duration of the contract, whichever is less.

Entry for the following sub-sectors is subject to an economic needs test:

(i) management consulting services (CPC 865);

(ii) services related to management consulting (CPC 866);

(iii) research and development services (CPC 851, 852 excluding psychologists services, and 853); and

(iv) postal and courier services (CPC 751, advisory and consulting services only).

The business persons entering the United Kingdom possess, at the date of submission of an application for entry into the United Kingdom, at least six years professional experience in the sector of activity which is the subject of the contract.

The business persons entering the United Kingdom shall possess:

(a) a university degree or a qualification demonstrating knowledge of an equivalent level; and

(b) the professional qualifications legally required to exercise that activity in the United Kingdom.

Where the degree or qualification has not been obtained in the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom may evaluate whether this is equivalent to a university degree required in its territory.

The access accorded relates only to the service activity which is the subject of the contract and does not confer entitlement to exercise the professional title of the United Kingdom where the service is provided.

The contract to supply services shall comply with the requirements of the law that apply in the United Kingdom.

The United Kingdom may adopt or maintain a measure relating to qualification requirements, qualification procedures, technical standards, licensing requirements or licensing procedures that does not constitute a limitation within the meaning of Article 13.5 (Grant of Temporary Entry). Those measures, which include requirements to obtain a licence, to obtain recognition of qualifications in regulated sectors, or to pass specific examinations, such as language examinations, even if not listed in this Annex, apply in any case to independent professionals of New Zealand.

1. “formal qualification” means a qualification under the New Zealand Qualifications Framework. ↩

2. For greater certainty, these qualifications must be recognised by the appropriate New Zealand authority where New Zealand law requires such recognition as a condition of the provision of that service in New Zealand. ↩

3. For greater certainty, these qualifications must be recognised by the appropriate New Zealand authority where under New Zealand law such recognition is a condition of the provision of that service in New Zealand. ↩