Before any bill becomes law, there are three main votes it must pass: these are the first, second and third readings. For most bills, there is a chance for members of the public to make submissions at the select committee stage, which happens between the first and second readings.
After a bill passes its third reading vote, it is granted Royal Assent by the Governor-General and becomes law, subject to any commencement provisions contained within the bill.
WhereTheyStand contains all bills from the 51st Parliament and later (2014—present). These are imported from Parliament's own website on a regular basis and are automatically linked with voting records and MPs' profiles to make it easier for you to find what you are looking for.
This bill is an omnibus bill and one of a package of three omnibus bills that contain amendments to legislation administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment. This bill makes amendments in the commerce, consumer affairs, communications, and energy and resources areas.
Last activity almost 3 years agoThis taxation omnibus bill sets the annual rates of income tax for the 2016–17 tax year, and makes changes relating to closely held companies; non-resident withholding tax for related party and branch lending; the goods and services tax; related parties debt remission; loss grouping and imputation; remission income, insolvency, and bankruptcy; aircraft overhaul reserves; New Zealand double tax agreements; Schedule 32 donee status for charities; land tainting and council controlled organisations; loss offsets by mineral miners; Working for Families tax credits; information sharing; and the application of the time bar to ancillary taxes; and makes other remedial amendments.
Last activity almost 3 years agoThis bill implements the Government response to the Report of the First Independent Review of Intelligence and Security in New Zealand: Intelligence and Security in a Free Society, and replaces the four Acts that currently apply to the GCSB, the NZSIS, and their oversight bodies.
Last activity almost 3 years agoThis bill gives effect to the Whanganui River Deed of Settlement signed on 5 August 2014, which settles the historical claims of Whanganui Iwi as they relate to the Whanganui River.
Last activity almost 3 years agoThis bill amends and updates Part 6 of the Broadcasting Act 1989, which regulates election programmes on television and radio, to enable political parties to communicate with voters through digital media more flexibly and cost-effectively, while maintaining existing safeguards and restrictions.
Last activity almost 3 years agoThis bill makes a number of minor changes to the Electoral Act 1993 that will rationalise and clarify the law, help improve services to voters, and assist with the smooth delivery of elections.
Last activity almost 3 years agoThis bill’s purpose is to assist New Zealanders with student loans to save a deposit for their first home by allowing compulsory student loan repayments, or a nominated percentage of the repayments, to be delayed and diverted to a first home deposit saving scheme.
Last activity almost 3 years agoThe purpose of this bill is to ensure that New Zealand governments, in the context of their macro-economic planning, balance economic opportunity with environmental responsibility.
Last activity almost 3 years agoThis bill amends the Housing Corporation Act 1974 to increase the supply and affordability of housing and land by requiring the Minister of Housing to undertake an affordable house construction programme that will build 10 000 affordable houses per year.
Last activity almost 3 years agoThis is a revision bill to re-enact, in an up-to-date and accessible form, the Carriage of Goods Act 1979, the Contracts (Privity) Act 1982, the Contractual Mistakes Act 1977, the Contractual Remedies Act 1979, the Electronic Transactions Act 2002, the Frustrated Contracts Act 1944, the Illegal Contracts Act 1970, the Mercantile Law Act 1908 (other than Part 5), the Minors' Contracts Act 1969, the Sale of Goods Act 1908, and the Sale of Goods (United Nations Convention) Act 1994.
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