Immigration Amendment Bill (No 2)

I raise a point of order, Mr Chairperson. Thank you for mentioning that we should stay within the confines of the bill, but, of course, the bill is a reference to the cancellation of the court case concerning the New Zealand Association for Migration and Investment Inc. If we read the court case, we see that it goes virtually through sections 13A, 13B, and 13C of the Immigration Act. It looks at section 14, and has a good look at the issue of the general skills capacity as it relates to that case. Our debate will, obviously, have to refer to the sections referred to in the court case. We will stay within the scope of the bill, but if the court case takes us to section 13 and other sections, we must be entitled to refer to those sections, as well. So, with respect, I suggest that we are entitled to refer to the various aspects of law referred to in the court case that this Government, effectively, is attempting to repeal.

The CHAIRPERSON (H V Ross Robertson): I say to the member that we should not go too widely into aspects of the court case, but I will use my discretion.

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