Legislation Bill

I seek leave for the Committee to revisit the schedule of the Legislation Bill for the purpose of adopting amendments to the item relating to the Local Government Act 2002 and the item relating to the Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009.

The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch): Leave is sought for that purpose. Is there any objection? There is none.

Schedule (reconsidered)

The question was put that the following amendments in the name of the Hon Christopher Finlayson to the schedule be agreed to:

replace section 259I in the item relating to new section 27A in the item relating to the Local Government Act 2002 with:

259I Application of Legislation Act 2012 to standards incorporated by reference

(1) Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 does not apply to—

(a) financial reporting standards incorporated by reference in regulations made under section 259(1)(dc); or

(b) an amendment to, or replacement of, those standards.

(2) Subpart 1 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2012 applies to regulations made under section 259(1)(dc) that incorporate financial reporting standards by reference.

(3) However, nothing in section 40 of the Legislation Act 2012 requires material that is incorporated by reference in regulations made under section 259(1)(dc) to be presented to the House of Representatives.;

replace the item relating to clause 6(4) of schedule 7 in the item relating to the Local Government Act 2002 with:

(7) A determination by the Remuneration Authority under this clause is a legislative instrument and a disallowable instrument for the purposes of the Legislation Act 2012 and must be presented to the House of Representatives under section 40 of that Act.; and

delete the item relating to the Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009.

Amendments agreed to.

Schedule as further amended agreed to.

Clauses 1 and 2 (continued)

Clause 1 agreed to.

The question was put that the amendment set out on Supplementary Order Paper 127 in the name of the Hon Christopher Finlayson to clause 2 be agreed to.

Amendment agreed to.

Clause 2 as amended agreed to.

Progress to be reported presently.

House resumed.

The Chairperson reported the Statutes Amendment Bill (No 3) with amendment, and that the Committee had divided it into 19 bills, the Arms (Military Style Semi-automatic Firearms and Import Controls) Amendment Bill with amendment, the Cultural Property (Protection in Armed Conflict) Bill with amendment, and the Legislation Bill with amendment.

Report adopted.