This bill's purpose is to prevent the revocation of certain subordinate legislation that by virtue of the Act under which it is made, is revoked at a stated time unless earlier confirmed by an Act of Parliament. This bill relates to items of subordinate legislation made in the year ending on 30 June 2020.

This bill establishes and regulates an education system to provide New Zealanders with lifelong learning opportunities so that they engage fully in society.

This bill amends the Education and Training Act 2020 to enable the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand to fix fees so that it can recover costs for all its functions and powers.

This bill amends the Education Act 1989 and the related Education (Update) Amendment Act 2017. The public policy objectives of the bill are to strengthen the quality of school education; improve the governance of tertiary education institutions; support the introduction of free tertiary education; improve the new strategic planning and reporting framework for State and State integrated schools; and resolve errors and omissions in the two Acts that this bill amends.

The purpose of this bill is to prevent the revocation of certain subordinate legislation that, by virtue of the Act under which it is made, is revoked at a stated time unless earlier confirmed by an Act of Parliament. This bill relates to items of subordinate legislation made in the year ending with the close of 30 June 2018.

This bill seeks to better reflect our knowledge of how long the public health response may be necessary, to address the reliance of MIQ on the general law and operational decisions, and to ensure that the empowering and enforcement provisions are fit-for-purpose to prevent and manage the risk of outbreak or spread of COVID-19.

The single broad policy objective of this omnibus bill is to put in place the necessary arrangements in order to implement COVID-19 Alert Level 4, or where arrangements are essential to respond effectively to COVID-19.

This bill amends the Education Act 1989 and repeals the Industry Training and Apprenticeships Act 1992 to create a unified and cohesive vocational education and training system.

This bill amends the Arms Act 1983 to address concerns raised by the firearms community about delays in processing licence holders' applications for new firearms licences.