Land Transport (Clean Vehicle Standard) Amendment Bill
Members, could we ask those that are leaving the House to leave quietly and have discussions in the lobbies or elsewhere, please. Members, when we suspended for the lunch break, we were in committee on the Land Transport (Clean Vehicle Standard) Amendment Bill and we were debating clause 6. Clause 6 is “Section 167C amended (Regulations for purposes of Part 13 (clean vehicle standard))”. I will remind members that Arena Williams’ tabled amendment inserting new clause 5E amending section 167C should properly be an amendment to clause 6, so will be considered as part of this debate.
Madam Chair, thank you for the opportunity to take a very brief call in this debate. It’s good to see the Minister back in the chair after the break. We’ve had the Minister Erica Stanford answer all of our questions on this part and so I only want to thank her for her excellent contributions. We have no more questions on this part, but if the Minister would like to add to her answers, we’d look forward to asking her.
I just had a member tell me there were no more questions on this part, and now we’re having calls.
I can explain, Madam Chair.
CHAIRPERSON (Barbara Kuriger): I’ll have one wee explanation. Thank you. Just a wee one.
Hon RACHEL BROOKING: A little point was made when a different Minister was sitting in the chair, but it hasn’t been answered. So the point that I think my colleague was making was that it would be very great to hear some answers from the Minister, and I’ll remind the Minister what my point was, very quickly. It’s just that the Ministers in the chair have been talking about certainty with the state change, which makes it sound as if the Ministers expect the regulations to be mandatory, but all the words in the legislation say “may”, not a mandatory “must”. So I’d like a confirmation that in fact the regulations are, as the Minister said before, enabling the Minister to make the regulation, but it’s not in fact mandatory for a regulation.
I move, That debate on this question now close.
Tangi Utikere’s amendment to clause 6 set out on Amendment Paper 42 is out of order as being inconsistent with the principles and objects of the bill.
Tangi Utikere’s amendment to delete clause 6 set out on Amendment Paper 44 is out of order as being a direct negation of the question.
The question is that Arena Williams’ tabled amendment to clause 6 to replace “2024” with “2025” be agreed to.
The question is that Arena Williams’ tabled amendment to clause 6 to replace “2024” with “2026” be agreed to.
The question is that Arena Williams’ tabled amendment inserting new clause 5E be agreed to.
Members, Arena Williams’ tabled amendment to insert new clause 5F is out of order as being outside the scope of the bill.
Arena Williams’ tabled amendment to insert new clause 5G is out of order as not being in the proper form of legislation.
Clause 7 Section 175 amended (Targets for reducing carbon dioxide emissions)