New Zealand Public Health and Disability (Waikato DHB) Elections Bill
Government bill
About this bill
This bill exempts the Waikato District Health Board (DHB) from the 2019 triennial general election. This legislation will have the effect of extending the time that the Waikato DHB is governed by a commissioner until a newly elected board takes office following the 2022 triennial general election.
Act text: New Zealand Public Health and Disability (Waikato DHB) Elections Act 2019 (legislation.govt.nz)
Voting method
Party voting: Parties decided whether or not to support this bill and cast votes on behalf of all their MPs.Procedural notes
- Urgency used: This bill was progressed through one or more stages using urgency. Urgency allows the Government to fast-track the legislative process by extending the sitting hours of the House of Representatives and skipping the select committee stage of a bill, and allows bills to pass through more than one stage per sitting day.
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Read the bill
Bill text: New Zealand Public Health and Disability (Waikato DHB) Elections Bill (legislation.govt.nz)Act text: New Zealand Public Health and Disability (Waikato DHB) Elections Act 2019 (legislation.govt.nz)
Member responsible
Progress
Enacted
This Bill has been passed by Parliament, and signed into law by the Governor-General in a step called Royal Assent. This doesn't mean that everything the Act implements has come into force yet, but it does mean that the Act is on the statute books.
Votes
1st reading
Passed
1 June 2019
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3rd reading
Passed
24 July 2019
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Only reading votes are shown here; these votes determine whether the Bill progresses through Parliament. Other votes, such as votes on whether to amend parts of the Bill, can be seen in Hansard.
Bill details last synced with the Parliament website almost 3 years ago.
(23 March 2023 at 00:00 GMT+00:00)