New Zealand Acts

LEGISLATION ACT 2019 - SECT 105

105 Disclosure statement requirements do not apply to certain Bills and amendments

1 Section 103 does not apply to any of the following Bills:

a) Imprest Supply Bills or Appropriation Bills:

b) Bills that are Statutes Amendment Bills under the rules and practice of the House of Representatives:

c) Bills that primarily relate to the repeal or revocation of legislation identified as spent:

d) revision Bills prepared under subpart 3 of Part 3 or Bills prepared for the purposes of confirmation under subpart 3 of Part 5 .

2 Section 103 does not apply to a Government amendment if—

a) the Bill to which it relates is of a kind referred to in subsection (1); or

b) it is not reasonably practicable to comply with that section before the parliamentary scrutiny of the Government amendment occurs; or

c) in the chief executive’s opinion, the Government amendment would not materially change the Bill.

3 In relation to subsection (2)(c),—

a) the amendment would
"materially change the Bill" if the information required to be contained (or linked to) in a disclosure statement on the Bill would be materially different as a result of the amendment; and

b) the chief executive must ensure that a statement of the chief executive’s opinion is, as soon as practicable after the release of the Government amendment,—

i) provided to the Minister; and

ii) electronically published (in accordance with each notice under section 107 ).