Dec 20
New Laws is pleased to bring you this post on proposed changes to New Zealand laws. Biosecurity Minister David Carter announced recently that a new Bill was introduced into the house which will instigate the most sweeping changes to the Biosecurity Act in more than ten years. The bill, which includes amendments to four other …
Dec 14
The Minister of State Services, Tony Ryall has trumpeted the passing into new laws of legislation previously referred to as The State Sector Management Bill but now specifically, the Research, Science and Technology Bill, the National Library of New Zealand (Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa) Amendment Bill, and the Public Records Amendment Bill. This government …
Dec 14
New laws is pleased to bring you this post on new legislation in the state sector of New Zealand Law. Minister Responsible for Archives New Zealand, the National Library and Internal Affairs, Nathan Guy has hailed new law which paves the way for the three entities to merge into one effective form 1 February 2011. …
Dec 13
New Laws is pleased to bring you this post about impending new law in the science and technology sector. Minister of Research, Science and Technology Wayne Mapp has announced a new Science and Technology Bill which was passed into parliament today the purpose of which is to amalgamate the formerly separate Ministry of Research, Science …
Dec 13
New laws is pleased to bring you this post on The Ngāti Apa (North Island) Claims Settlement Act which has passed into law and in doing so, settled all Ngāti Apa’s (North Island) historical Treaty of Waitangi claims. Minister Christopher Finlayson said that the historical claims of Ngāti Apa (North Island) primarily date back to …
Dec 12
New Laws of New Zealand is pleased to bring you this post on the proposed changes to the building act. The Building Amendment Bill (No 3) was introduced into the house recently by Building and Construction Minister Maurice Williamson. The bill results from a significant review of The Building Act 2004 and proposes quite sweeping …
Dec 07
The Law Commission has presented its review of The Civil List Act 1979 which has been welcomed by Prime Minister John Key. “I acknowledge that Ministers’ and MPs’ expenses are a matter of public interest – hence the moves made during this parliamentary term to provide more transparency on their expenditure. “It is important that …
