Tuesday, 20 May 2008
Vote: Bills — Copyright (Artists’ Resale Right) Amendment Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Copyright (Artists’ Resale Right) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Judith Tizard
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Auckland Central)
JUDY TURNER (Deputy Leader—United Future): I stand to speak to the first reading of the Copyright (Artists’ Resale Right) Amendment Bill, which amends the Copyright Act of 1994 and inserts a new provision to establish a resale right for visual artists in New... Read more →
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(66 Ayes – 54 Noes – 1 Absent)
Hansard didn't name individual MPs for this vote, only how each party voted overall, so
there's no per-member breakdown to show here.
🏛️ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 0 | 2 |
| Green Party | 6 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 3 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 49 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 48 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 0 | 2 |