Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Bill
Government bill
About this bill
This bill re-enacts the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 1995; gives effect to the recommendations arising from the Minister of Internal Affairs’ review presented on 20 October 2016; updates and amends provisions in the existing law; and responds to 3 discrete issues raised in the Law Commission’s review of burial and cremation law.
Act text: Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021 (legislation.govt.nz)
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Bill text: Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Bill (legislation.govt.nz)Act text: Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021 (legislation.govt.nz)
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Progress
Enacted
This Bill has been passed by Parliament, and signed into law by the Governor-General in a step called Royal Assent. This doesn't mean that everything the Act implements has come into force yet, but it does mean that the Act is on the statute books.
Votes
1st reading
Passed
5 December 2017
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2nd reading
Passed
11 August 2021
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3rd reading
Passed
9 December 2021
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(23 March 2023 at 00:00 GMT+00:00)