BORA Ngati Tuwharetoa, Raukawa, and Te Arawa River Iwi Waikato River Bill [pdf, 188 KB]
...under the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988, even if the member is in fact able to perform the functions of office. Paragraph (e) therefore appears to be inconsistent with the right to be free from discrimination on the ground of disability. This issue has been raised with the Ministry of Justice and Parliamentary Counsel Office. The Ministry will ask the Cabinet Legislation Committee to direct the deletion of paragraph (e). Once this has been done, the Bill will not...