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1. BORA Resource Management Amendment Bill Vet [pdf, 215 KB]

   ...the rights and freedoms affirmed in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (‘the Bill of Rights Act’). 2. We have not yet received a final version of the Bill. This advice has been prepared in relation to the latest version of the Bill PCO 21656/9.3 We will provide you with further advice if the final version of the Bill includes amendments that affect the conclusions in this advice. 3. We have concluded that the Bill appears to be consistent with the rights and freedoms affirmed...

2. Digital Identity Services Trust Framework Bill [pdf, 173 KB]

   ...Clause 46(2)(a) provides that when selecting board members for the Board, the chief executive of the Board must ensure members of the Board include persons with knowledge or expertise in te ao Māori approaches to identity. Additionally, pursuant to clauses 50 – 54, the Bill creates a Māori advisory group (‘Māori Advisory Group’). The relevant Minister must only appoint members to the Māori Advisory Group who, in the Ministers opinion, have the appropriate knowledge, skills and ex...

3. 7 October 2019 Topic 4 Queenstown Lakes District Council Proposed District Plan [pdf, 89 KB]

   ...SCHEDULE OF PROCEEDINGS Strategic Topic 4: Indigenous Vegetation and Biodiversity ENV-2019-331-000001 i. Federated Farmers of New Zealand v Queenstown Lakes District Council Appeal By Submitter On Proposed Policy Statement Or Plan pursuant to Clause 14 of the First Schedule of the Resource Manaqement Act 1991 Court Reference: ENV-2018-CHC-000053 ii. Department of Conservation v Queenstown Lakes District Council Appeal By Submitter On Proposed Policy Statement Or Plan pursuant to C...

4. Pook v Gage - The Proprietors of Mangaroa and Other Blocks Incorporated (2017) 168 Waiariki MB 200 (168 WAR 200) [pdf, 220 KB]

   ...& Other Blocks Incorporated BETWEEN TUIHANA POOK First Applicant AND VENA MURIWAI APPLETON Second Applicant AND LEO GAGE Respondent Hearing: 2 May 2017, 163 Waiariki MB 19-21 8 May 2017, 162 Waiariki MB 158-165 (Teleconference) Judgment: 28 August 2017 PRELIMINARY JUDGMENT OF JUDGE C T COXHEAD 168 Waiariki MB 201 Introduction [1] Tuihana Pook seeks directions as to whether the term of offic...

5. BORA Telecommunications Amendment Bill [pdf, 370 KB]

   ...the purposes of section 14 of the Bill of Rights Act. This is because Telecom and other access providers are not required to express opinions or ideas but simply to provide factual information. Nevertheless, we have considered whether the relevant clauses are justifiable under section 5 of the Bill of Rights Act. A limit on a right can be justified where it meets a significant and important objective, and where there is a rational and proportionate connection between the limitation on the...

6. BORA National War Memorial Park (Pukeahu) Empowering Bill [pdf, 211 KB]

   ...authorisations and property rights modelled on those under specified enactments: the Resource Management Act, the Historic Places Act, the Building Act, and the Public Works Act. The statutory authorisations are set out in schedules to the Bill. Clause 24 of the Bill enables the Governor-General to amend or add to these statutory authorisations by Order in Council.1 CONSISTENCY WITH SECTION 21 (UNREASONABLE SEARCH AND SEIZURE)

7. BORA Rongowhakaata Claims Settlement Bill [pdf, 279 KB]

   Rongowhakaata Claims Settlement Bill 15 February 2012 ATTORNEY-GENERAL Rongowhakaata Claims Settlement Bill (PCO 14005 version 3.9): Consistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 Our Ref: ATT395/166 1. I have considered the current draft of this Bill for consistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (“the Bill of Rights Act”). I conclude that the Bill appears to be consistent with the Bill of Rights Act. This advice addresses issues which arise in

8. [2019] NZEmpC 49 Mathews v Bay of Plenty District Health Board [pdf, 449 KB]

   ...service to the DHB and its predecessors. [2] He says that a proper interpretation of a retiring gratuity provision in the individual employment contract (IEC) he signed in early 1993 leads to this conclusion. [3] The DHB says the relevant clause allowed only for the possibility of a retiring payment being made under such policy as the employer may have adopted at the time of retirement. It paid Dr Mathews $2,000 under a policy for ex gratia payments on retirement, which...

9. BORA Building Amendment Bill (No 4) [pdf, 304 KB]

   Building Amendment Bill (No 4) 15 August 2011 ATTORNEY-GENERAL LEGAL ADVICE CONSISTENCY WITH THE NEW ZEALAND BILL OF RIGHTS ACT 1990: BUILDING AMENDMENT BILL (NO 4) 1. We have considered whether the Building Amendment Bill (No 4) (PCO 14904/10.0) (the Bill) is consistent with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (Bill of Rights Act). We understand that the Bill is likely to be considered by the Cabinet Legislation Committee on Thursday 18 August 2011. 2. The Bill amends the

10. Infrastructure Funding and Financing Bill Advice [pdf, 94 KB]

    ...including the freedom to seek, receive, and impart information and opinions of any kind in any form. The right has been interpreted as including the right not to be compelled to say certain things or to provide certain information.1 10. Several clauses in the Bill compel the provision of information to government related or government appointed parties, or the publication of particular information outlined in the Bill. Clauses that compel the provision or publication of information inclu...