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 bill aims to limit the annual increase in core Crown expenses by linking it to the rate of inflation and the rate of population change.
Last activity over 1 year agoThis Bill is an omnibus Bill. It is proposed that the Bill be divided into two separate Bills. One of these will establish a joint trans-Tasman regulatory scheme for the regulation of therapeutic products. The other will repeal and replace the Medicines Act 1981 with updated legislation for controls on medicines, such as the scheduling of medicines.
Last activity over 1 year agoThis settlement bill will record in English and te reo Māori the acknowledgements and apology given by the Crown to Ngāti Tara Tokanui in the deed of settlement, signed on 28 July 2022, and gives effect to certain provisions of the deed of settlement that settle the historical claims of Ngāti Tara Tokanui.
Last activity over 1 year agoThis bill gives effect to some elements of the Ngāti Hei deed of settlement, which was signed on 17 August 2017 by Ngāti Hei and the Crown. This bill records the acknowledgements and apology made by the Crown to iwi when the deed was signed and gives effect to redress in the deed.
Last activity over 1 year agoThis single broad policy of this omnibus bill is to reduce the voting age in local elections and polls from 18 to 16 years of age.
Last activity over 1 year agoThis bill provides for the disestablishment of the registration system and all associated requirements for log traders and forestry advisers, and for the Ministry for Primary Industries to refund any fees or levies paid to MPI under the scheme and waive any fees or levies that are due but not yet paid at the time of commencement.
Last activity over 1 year agoThis bill will provide the sole financial authority from the start of the 2024/25 financial year until the Appropriation (2024/25 Estimates) Bill is passed.
Last activity over 1 year agoThis bill seeks parliamentary authorisation of the individual appropriations and changes to individual appropriations contained in The Supplementary Estimates of Appropriations for the Government of New Zealand for the Year Ending 30 June 2024.
Last activity over 1 year agoThis bill retrospectively validates the ACC's past practice of charging debit interest and provides an explicit legal authority for the ACC to continue to charge debit interest.
Last activity over 1 year agoThis bill enables Clean Vehicle Standard targets for reducing CO2 emissions for 2025 onwards to be set in secondary legislation, and empowers a cost recovery scheme, which involves the collection of fees, to contribute to the costs of administering the Clean Vehicle Standard, to be set in secondary legislation.
Last activity over 1 year ago