Auckland Regional Amenities Funding Amendment Bill

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Look, it was a real pleasure to be on the Governance and Administration Committee and to be able to hear the submissions and also be part of that discussion. But the question I’ve got for the member, Dr Parmjeet Parmar, in relation to clause 3, the principal Act, revolves around the date. So we know that the Act amends the Auckland Regional Amenities Funding Act 2008, the principal Act. It goes along to the vein of what’s been said today already, and that’s the concern around that commencement date. My concern in relation to that area is whether there is sufficient time for those entities affected to have those parts in order. From all accounts, from what we heard, we did. But the fact that the issue around the commencement date isn’t overly clear—I would just like a sense of reassurance, in terms of those ones that we’ve heard about in terms of those charitable entities, if they have the adequate time necessary for that principal Act to be changed. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Clause 3 agreed to.

Michael Wood—oh, sorry; changed your mind.

Clause 4 agreed to.

Clause 4A New section 4A inserted (Transitional, savings, and related provisions)