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Grocery Industry Competition Bill

Government bill

About this bill

This bill seeks to improve competition and efficiency in the grocery industry for the long-term benefit of consumers, and to contribute to a trading environment in which businesses can participate confidently.
Voting method
Party voting: Parties decided whether or not to support this bill and cast votes on behalf of all their MPs.
Procedural notes
  • Urgency used: This bill was progressed through one or more stages using urgency. Urgency allows the Government to fast-track the legislative process by extending the sitting hours of the House of Representatives and skipping the select committee stage of a bill, and allows bills to pass through more than one stage per sitting day.
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Read the bill
Bill text: Grocery Industry Competition Bill (legislation.govt.nz)
View on Parliament website
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Members responsible

Duncan Webb
Duncan Webb

Labour MP for Christchurch Central

David Clark
David Clark

Former Labour MP for Dunedin

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
22 November 2022

108

Ayes

10

Noes

0

Abst.

1

Abse.
2nd reading
Passed
2 May 2023

107

Ayes

10

Noes

0

Abst.

2

Abse.
3rd reading
Passed
21 June 2023

WhereTheyStand has no totals for this vote. It might have been a voice vote, or there might have been an import error.

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 almost 2 years ago.
(27 June 2023 at 12:30 GMT+00:00)

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