Land Transport Amendment Bill

At the outset, I wish to advise and remind members that this bill is not drafted in parts, unlike other legislation; therefore, each clause will be debated separately in sequence. Members may have become used to having the latitude to sum up that is allowed in debate on primary clauses when they follow consideration of the parts of a bill. This latitude does not apply to the debates on clause 1 and clause 2 of this bill. These debates should be strictly relevant to the elements of the clauses—the bill’s title and its commencement date. Whether the title set out in clause 1 properly describes the bill is the issue under consideration in the debate on clause 1. When addressing that issue, members should speak purely to whether clause 1 describes the bill. The debates on clauses 1 and 2 are not an opportunity to debate the substantive provisions of the bill. That will come in the debates on clauses 3 and 4. The reason for that is there are four questions—four clauses. I just wished to advise members of that.

I raise a point of order, Mr Chairperson. I understand there will be five debates, not four, because of a member’s Supplementary Order Paper 17.

The CHAIRPERSON (H V Ross Robertson): You are right, Mr Tisch. I understand that one member is putting forward a new clause. It will be provided for and debated separately. There will be five questions and five debates.

Clause 1 Title