Local Government (Freedom of Access) Amendment Bill

Member's bill

8 June 2017

This bill clarifies the law to ensure that persons who obstruct council enforcement officers or local authority agents from performing their duties, or fail to give true and sufficiently particular details when required by the Bill, are liable to be arrested without a warrant, and widens the scope in which an enforcement officer may remove and seize property.

Voting method

Party voting: Parties decided whether or not to support this bill and cast votes on behalf of all their MPs.

  • Introduced on 8 June 2017
  • 1st reading on 31 January 2018
  • Defeated on 21 February 2018

Member responsible

Jonathan Young

Jonathan Young

Former National Party MP for New Plymouth

Votes

1st reading

Defeated

21 February 2018

party vote

56Aye
64No
0Abstain
0Absent

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 on 23 March 2023 at 12:00 am.