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Fire and Emergency New Zealand Bill

Government bill

About this bill

This Bill repeals the two Acts governing fire services, the Fire Service Act 1975 and the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977, to give effect to a single, unified fire services organisation for New Zealand.
Voting method
Party voting: Parties decided whether or not to support this bill and cast votes on behalf of all their MPs.
Read the bill
Bill text: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Bill (legislation.govt.nz)
Act text: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act (legislation.govt.nz)
View on Parliament website
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Member responsible

Peter Dunne
Peter Dunne

Former United Future MP for Ōhāriu

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 July 2016

WhereTheyStand has no totals for this vote. It might have been a voice vote, or there might have been an import error.
2nd reading
Passed
15 February 2017

107

Ayes

12

Noes

0

Abst.

1

Abse.
3rd reading
Passed
4 May 2017

105

Ayes

12

Noes

0

Abst.

2

Abse.

Only reading votes are shown here; these votes determine whether the Bill progresses through Parliament. Other votes, such as votes on whether to amend parts of the Bill, can be seen in Hansard.

Bill details last synced with the Parliament website about 2 years ago.
(23 March 2023 at 00:01 GMT+00:00)

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