The bill proposes amendments to the principal Act that would allow the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation to control entities that manage the investments of the New Zealand Superannuation Fund.

This Bill amends the International Finance Agreements Act 1961 in order to enable the Government of New Zealand to become a member of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and to implement New Zealand's obligations under the Articles of Agreement of the Infrastructure Bank.

This bill confirms and validates unappropriated expenses and capital expenditure incurred for the 2014/15 financial year. It also confirms the Public Finance (Transfers Between Outputs) Order 2015 and expenses incurred for the 2014/15 financial year with the approval of the Minister of Finance under section 26B of the Public Finance Act 1989.

This 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 2016 (B.7), presented to the House of Representatives on 26 May 2016.

The Imprest Supply Bill provides the sole financial authority from the start of the 2016/17 financial year until the Appropriation (2016/17 Estimates) Bill is passed.

This bill seeks parliamentary authorisation of the individual appropriations contained in The Estimates of Appropriations for the Government of New Zealand for the year ending 30 June 2017 (B.5), presented to the House of Representatives as part of the 2016 Budget documentation.

This bill seeks the financial authority required to ensure the Government has sufficient supply until 30 June 2017 for the incurring of expenses and capital expenditure in excess of the amounts appropriated in the Appropriation (2016/17 Estimates) Bill, and the making of capital injections in excess of the amounts authorised under that bill.