Civil Defence Emergency Management Amendment Act 2016 Amendment Bill
Government bill
About this bill
This bill amends the recently enacted Civil Defence Emergency Management Amendment Act 2016, bringing forward the commencement date of most provisions of the Act to allow them to be used to support recovery from the Hurunui/Kaikōura earthquake sequence, as well as providing transitional provisions and allowing owners of structures to be directed to obtain an assessment of the effect of an emergency on those structures.
Act text: Civil Defence Emergency Management Amendment Act 2016 Amendment Act 2016 (legislation.govt.nz)
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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Bill text: Civil Defence Emergency Management Amendment Act 2016 Amendment Bill (legislation.govt.nz)Act text: Civil Defence Emergency Management Amendment Act 2016 Amendment Act 2016 (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
29 November 2016
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2nd reading
Passed
29 November 2016
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3rd reading
Passed
29 November 2016
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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.
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(23 March 2023 at 00:01 GMT+00:00)