Statutes Amendment Bill (No 4)

I am not objecting to this new part, but I do note that it is quite ironic that the commentary states: “As from 6 April 2004, section 37 of the Sale of Liquor Act was amended … to alter certain conditions of off-licences to provide for sales of wines from wineries on Easter Sunday,”. It is interesting that last Easter a number of wineries that one would have expected to take advantage of this decided not to open. I was in Queenstown at the time, and it was publicised there that, because of the Holidays Act, wineries were not prepared to open. I just make that point. This part will alter certain conditions of off-licences to allow sales from wineries on Easter Sunday, but, interestingly enough, this probably will not happen to a large extent, because other criteria—namely, the Holidays Act—will make it uneconomic for those places to open.

Part 18A agreed to.

Parts 19 and 20 agreed to.

Schedule 1 agreed to.

Schedule 2

The question was put that the amendments set out on Supplementary Order Paper 349 in the name of the Hon Rick Barker to schedule 2 be agreed to.

Amendments agreed to, and schedule 2 as amended agreed to

Clauses 1 and 2 agreed to.

The Committee divided the bill into the Armed Forces Discipline Amendment Bill (No 2), the Conservation Amendment Bill (No 3), the Constitution Amendment Bill, the Defence Amendment Bill (No 3), the Electoral Amendment Bill (No 2), the Evidence Amendment Bill, the Fire Service Amendment Bill (No 2), the Forest and Rural Fires Amendment Bill, the Geneva Conventions Amendment Bill, the Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Bill (No 5), the Health and Disability Services (Safety) Amendment Bill (No 2), the Judicature Amendment Bill (No 4), the Land Transfer Amendment Bill, the Maritime Transport Amendment Bill (No 2), the Medicines Amendment Bill (No 4), the Motor Vehicle Sales Amendment Bill, the National Parks Amendment Bill, the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Amendment Bill (No 2), the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Amendment Bill, the Patriotic and Canteen Funds Amendment Bill, the Racing Amendment Bill, the Radiocommunications Amendment Bill (No 2), the Reserves Amendment Bill, the Sale of Liquor Amendment Bill (No 4), the Telecommunications Amendment Bill, and the Trade in Endangered Species Amendment Bill, pursuant to Supplementary Order Paper 342.

Bill reported with amendment.