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1. District Court (Protection of Judgment Debtors with Disabilities) Amendment Bill [pdf, 70 KB]

   LEGAL ADVICE LPA 01 01 24 2 July 2020 Hon David Parker, Attorney-General Consistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990: District Court (Protection of Judgment Debtors with Disabilities) Amendment Bill 1. We have considered whether the District Court (Protection of Judgment Debtors with Disabilities) Amendment Bill (‘the Bill’) is consistent with the rights and freedoms affirmed in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (‘the Bill of Rights Act’). 2. This is a...

2. WXY v Attorney-General (Strike-Out Application) [2014] NZHRRT 37 [pdf, 59 KB]

   ...not give rise to an inference the plaintiffs are being treated differently to others based on a prohibited ground of discrimination. [1.3] The Tribunal has no jurisdiction to hear the claim by virtue of Part 4A of the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000 (NZPHDA). It is submitted that the allegations in the statement of claim do not, and cannot be re-pleaded to give rise to an arguable discrimination claim on the basis of family status. Jurisdiction to strike out – prin...

3. Electoral-Amendment-Regulations-No-2-2022-Final.pdf [pdf, 819 KB]

   ...electronic signatures using physical action, and not typed signatures;  CAPTCHA tests to determine the user is human; and  security testing, accreditation of systems, and encryption. Providing dictation voting for overseas voters who have a disability 8 Currently, dictation voting is only available for voters in New Zealand who are blind, vision impaired or have a physical disability and require assistance to mark the ballot paper. 9 The Regulations will enable the Commi...

4. BORA Building (Earthquake-Prone Buildings) Amendment Bill [pdf, 199 KB]

   ...have concluded that the Bill appears to be consistent with the rights and freedoms affirmed in the Bill of Rights Act. In reaching that conclusion, we have considered possible inconsistency with s 19 (freedom from discrimination on the grounds of disability). Our analysis under that section is set out below. THE BILL 3.The Bill proposes amendments to the Building Act 2004 (the Act), which will: a) require territorial authorities to undertake assessments of the seismic capacity of n...

5. Family Court Rewrite - Summary of submissions - PDF version [pdf, 824 KB]

   ...pay for transport or arrange childcare • courses are delivered almost exclusively in English • people need a good level of English and literacy to comprehend the material and participate properly. Concerns were also raised by parents with disabilities. For example, one explained how a brain injury made it difficult to concentrate and take in the information in the course. They suggested that an online course where they could progress through the information at their own pace...

6. Family Court Rewrite - Summary of submissions - Word version [docx, 3.1 MB]

   ...off work, pay for transport or arrange childcare · courses are delivered almost exclusively in English · people need a good level of English and literacy to comprehend the material and participate properly. Concerns were also raised by parents with disabilities. For example, one explained how a brain injury made it difficult to concentrate and take in the information in the course. They suggested that an online course where they could progress through the information at their own pace would b...

7. Proactive Release: Response to the third Universal Periodic Review recommendations [pdf, 1.5 MB]

   ...Affairs, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, Ministry for Pacific Peoples, Oranga Tamariki-Ministry for Children, New Zealand Police, Te Puni Kōkiri, Treasury, Ministry for the Environment, Ministry for Women, Te Arawhiti, Office of Disability Issues, Office of Ethnic Communities, Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, State Services Commission, and the Office for Seniors. Financial implications 39. There are no financial implications arising directly out of the r...

8. Regulatory Impact Statement Human Rights Amendment Bill [pdf, 178 KB]

   ...Statement (‘RIS’) has been prepared by the Ministry of Justice. It provides an analysis of options to change the role and structure of the Human Rights Commission in order to strengthen its performance. On 20 October 2010, the Minister for Disability Issues, Hon Tariana Tūria, announced the establishment of a full-time Disability Rights Commissioner within the Commission. To formally establish this role, the Act will need to be amended. This provided an opportunity to review th...

9. NZCVS Data Dictionary 1 [xlsx, 58 KB]

   ...heterosexual 111310 tb03_wellbeings full demographics available for all wellbeing measures. GenIdent Cisgender man 111501 Cisgender woman 111502 tb04_standardisedrate limited demographics available for prevalence rate of different offence types: disabled/not disabled, Māori, Pacific, Asian, Chinese, Indian Transgender man 111503 Transgender woman 111504 tb05_nonereportingreason full demographics available for the proportion of incidents by different non-reporting re...

10. NZCVS Data Dictionary [xlsx, 57 KB]

    ...heterosexual 111310 tb03_wellbeings full demographics available for all wellbeing measures. GenIdent Cisgender man 111501 Cisgender woman 111502 tb04_standardisedrate limited demographics avaliable for prevalence rate of different offence types: disabled/not disabled, Māori, Pacific, Asian, Chinese, Indian Transgender man 111503 Transgender woman 111504 tb05_nonereportingreason full demographics available for the proportion of incidents by different non-reporting re...