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  1. Our approach to regulatory stewardship

    ...stewardship is informed by the Government Expectations for Good Regulatory Practice and the size and nature of our regulatory stock. The 52 systems we oversee cover a wide span This ranges from core infrastructure (such as the electoral and constitutional legislation) to occupational regulation (of private security personnel, for instance). For this reason, the systems evolve at different rates and require differing levels of attention over time. Some of the systems are relatively stable and ch...

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  2. Oslo speech for IUCNAEL Colloquium June 2016 [pdf, 290 KB]

    ...Role of the New Zealand Environment Court [1] The New Zealand Environment Court is currently established under the Resource Management Act 1991 (“RMA”), and is a Court of Record. It is the successor to bodies established under earlier legislation, and can trace its origins to the early 1950s. The Court operates as an integrated part of the whole system under the Act, in ways I shall describe. New Zealand’s Resource Management Act 1991 – a kind of sophisticated planning r...

  3. BORA Land Transport and Road User Charges Legislation Amendment Bill [pdf, 205 KB]

    Land Transport and Road User Charges Legislation Amendment Bill 5 July 2013 Attorney-General Legal Advice Consistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990: Land Transport and Road User Charges Legislation Amendment Bill 1.We have considered whether the Land Transport and Road User Charges Legislation Amendment Bill (PCO 17373/6.0) (‘the Bill’) is consistent with the rights and freedoms affirmed in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (‘the Bill of Rights Act’)...

  4. Domestic human rights laws

    ...the Office of the Privacy Commissioner. However, both are independent bodies that play key roles in overseeing the Human Rights Act and the Privacy Act, respectively. Bill of Rights Act The Bill of Rights Act 1990 is one of the most important piece of legislation in New Zealand for the promotion and protection of human rights. It sets out to affirm, protect and promote human rights and fundamental freedoms in New Zealand. It also affirms New Zealand's obligations under the International Convent...

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  6. OIA-110232.pdf [pdf, 8.2 MB]

    ...S9(2)(a) S9(2)(a) Justice Centre I 19 Aitken Street DX SX10088 I Wellington T 04 918 8800 I F 04 918 8820 ContactUs@justice.govt.nz I www.justice.govt.nz Our ref: OIA 110232 Official Information Act request: Firearms Prohibition Orders Legislation Amendment Bill Thank you fo r your email of 1 March 2024, requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), information regarding the firearms legislation. Specifically, you requested: Could I please receive all offici...

  7. Proactive release - Security Information in Proceedings Legislation Bill.pdf [pdf, 2.2 MB]

    © Crown Copyright, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Hon Kris Faafoi Minister of Justice Proactive release – Security Information in Proceedings Legislation Bill Date of issue: 7 December 2021 The following documents have been proactively released. Some information has been withheld on the basis that it would not, if requested under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA), be released. Where that is the case, the relevant section of the OIA has been note...

  8. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - summary record 3rd report [pdf, 35 KB]

    ...Zealand) took places at the Committee table . 2. Mr. KEATING (New Zealand), introducing the third periodic report of New Zealand (CCPR/C/64/Add.10), referred to a number of significant developments during the reporting period which had enhanced the legislative and administrative framework for the protection of human rights. In preparing the third periodic report, New Zealand had taken into account the observations made by the Committee during the consideration of its second periodic report. Th...

  9. BORA Hurunui/Kaikōura Earthquakes Recovery Bill [pdf, 197 KB]

    ...cl 8(2). 3 See, for example: Lumber Specialties Ltd v Hodgson [2000] 2 NZLR 347 (HC), and Graham v Hawkes Bay Power Distributions Ltd (High Court, Napier, CP 33/95, 25 September 2000, M Thomson). 4 Hansen v R [2007] NZSC 7 [123]. 23. The Legislation Advisory Committee’s Guidelines (‘the LAC Guidelines’) indicate that “a compelling need for certainty in a non-justiciable area may justify ousting the courts’ jurisdiction to review.”5 24. As noted above, we consider...

  10. Proactive release - Amendments to the District Court Rules 2014 and High Courts Rules 2016 [pdf, 597 KB]

    ...grounds for the Regulations Review Committee to draw the regulations to the attention of the House of Representatives under Standing Order 319. Certification by Parliamentary Counsel 19. The Parliamentary Counsel Office (PCO) has certified that the legislative instruments are in order for submission to Cabinet. RE LE AS ED B Y TH E AS SO CI AT E M IN IS TE R OF JU ST IC E 4 Impact analysis 20. The Regulatory Quality Team at Treasury has determined that a Re...