Before any bill becomes law, there are three main votes it must pass: these are the first, second and third readings. For most bills, there is a chance for members of the public to make submissions at the select committee stage, which happens between the first and second readings.
After a bill passes its third reading vote, it is granted Royal Assent by the Governor-General and becomes law, subject to any commencement provisions contained within the bill.
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This omnibus bill gives full effect to aspects of the Children, Young Persons, and their Families (Oranga Tamariki) Legislation Act 2017 by seeking to ensure that the benefits of the policy to include 17-year-olds in the youth justice jurisdiction are fully realised, and addressing drafting errors in the 2017 Act.
Last activity almost 3 years agoThis bill amends the Excise and Excise-equivalent Duties Table to increase the rates of excise duty and excise-equivalent duty on motor spirits on 1 July 2019 and 1 July 2020. This bill also amends the Land Transport Management (Apportionment and Refund of Excise Duty and Excise-Equivalent Duty) Regulations 2004 to consequentially increase the refunds available under those regulations.
Last activity almost 3 years agoThis bill amends the Accident Compensation Act 2001 by ensuring that it is effective and efficient and accords with best regulatory practice by addressing regulatory duplication, gaps, errors, and inconsistencies within and between different pieces of legislation, and by keeping the regulatory system up to date and relevant.
Last activity almost 3 years agoThis bill is designed to deter people from engaging in livestock rustling, by identifying it as an aggravating factor at sentencing.
Last activity almost 3 years agoThis bill is an omnibus bill introduced under Standing Order 263(a). Together with the Courts Matters Bill it forms an integrated package of amendments that will contribute to the goal of a modern, efficient, and effective courts and tribunals system.
Last activity almost 3 years agoThis bill is an omnibus bill and one of a package of three omnibus bills that contain amendments to legislation administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. The policy objective of this bill is to improve regulatory systems by ensuring that they are effective, efficient, and accord with best regulatory practice.
Last activity almost 3 years agoThis bill seeks parliamentary authorisation of the individual appropriations and changes contained in the Supplementary Estimates of Appropriations for the Government of New Zealand for the year ending 30 June 2017.
Last activity almost 3 years agoThis bill proposes an employment option through the Ministry of Social Development in partnership with the New Zealand Defence Force.
Last activity almost 3 years ago(Formerly part of Statutes Amendment Bill (No 4))
Last activity almost 3 years agoThis bill exempts the Southern District Health Board from the 2016 triennial general election. It will have the effect of extending the time that the Southern DHB is governed by a commissioner until a newly elected board takes office following the 2019 triennial general election.
Last activity almost 3 years ago