Damien O'Connor
Labour Party List MP
Bills
Land Transport (Road Safety) Amendment Bill
The main objectives of this bill are to improve legislative response to fleeing drivers and to address safety matters within the land transport system.
Organic Products and Production Bill
This objectives of this bill are to increase consumer confidence in purchasing organic products, increase certainty for businesses making claims that their products are organic, and facilitate international trade in organic products.
Dairy Industry Restructuring Amendment Bill (No 3)
This bill amends the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act 2001 to remove some regulatory requirements that are no longer necessary, support and encourage better environmental performance of the dairy industry, provide Fonterra with more flexibility to manage some aspects of its operations, and provide increased clarity on aspects of the regulatory regime for Fonterra and other dairy industry stakeholders.
Farm Debt Mediation Bill (No 2)
This bill will establish a farm debt mediation scheme that will require creditors with security interests in farm property to offer mediation to farmers before taking an enforcement action in relation to that debt, and allow farmers to initiate statutory mediation with a secured creditor.
National Animal Identification and Tracing Amendment Bill (No 2)
This bill amends the National Animal Identification and Tracing Act 2012 to make improvements to the framework governing the national animal identification and tracing system (NAIT), to provide for the rapid and accurate tracing of animals and their movements that enables biosecurity management and manages risks to human health.
National Animal Identification and Tracing Amendment Bill
This bill amends the National Animal Identification and Tracing Act 2012 to align its provisions with existing policy and legislative intent. This bill does not represent new policy.
Food Safety Law Reform Bill
This Bill is an omnibus Bill introduced in accordance with Standing Order 263(a). The Bill makes improvements and enhancements to three Acts governing the food safety system, improving their alignment, operation, and design so as to better protect human health, and maintain and strengthen New Zealand's reputation as a supplier of safe and suitable food both domestically and internationally.
Dairy Industry Restructuring Amendment Bill (No 2)
This Bill amends the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act 2001 to prevent the expiry of certain provisions in May 2018.
Dairy Industry Restructuring Amendment Bill
The purpose of this bill is to amend the Dairy Industry Restructuring Amendment Act 2001 to prevent the expiry of certain provisions within the Act, provide for periodic reviews of the state of competition and the need for regulation of dairy markets in the future, and remove an element of the regime that contributes least to the Act's efficiency and contestability objectives.
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