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1. Proactive release – Sexual Violence Legislation Bill: approval for introduction [pdf, 1 MB]

   1 In Confidence Office of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister of Justice (Domestic and Sexual Violence Issues) Chair, Cabinet Legislation Committee Sexual Violence Legislation Bill: approval for introduction Proposal 1. I seek approval for the Sexual Violence Legislation Bill (the Bill) to be introduced. The Bill will help improve the experiences of sexual violence victims in the justice system, and responds to certain Law Commission recommendations rel...

2. BORA Law Reform (Epidemic Preparedness) Bill [pdf, 219 KB]

   LPA-01-01-10 4 April 2006 ATTORNEY-GENERAL LEGAL ADVICE CONSISTENCY WITH THE NEW ZEALAND BILL OF RIGHTS ACT 1990: LAW REFORM (EPIDEMIC PREPAREDNESS) BILL 1. We have considered whether the Law Reform (Epidemic Preparedness) Bill (PCO 6763/16) (the “Bill”) is consistent with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (the “Bill of Rights Act”). We understand that the Bill is likely to be considered by the Cabinet Policy Committee at its meeting on Wednesd...

3. BORA Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Legislation Bill [pdf, 190 KB]

   Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Legislation Bill 28 November 2013 Attorney General Legal Advice Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Legislation Bill: Consistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 1. I have reviewed the Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Legislation Bill (the Bill) for consistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990. In my opinion the Bill is consistent with the Bill of Rights Act. 2. The Bill proposes amendments to a suite of enactme...

4. LA - Part 2 - Areas of Law Family [pdf, 710 KB]

   AREAS OF LAW – FAMILY – MOJ0052.2-MARCH14 PAGE 1 / 6 Please complete this if you are applying for approval for the Family Jurisdiction. If you hold lead provider approval for Family and are applying for approval to provide the Family Legal Advice Service, please complete section 5. PART 2 – SECTION 1 Experience in the Family Jurisdiction Length of experience How long have you practised (post admission) in this area of law? Approval I am seeking approval as a lead provider for...

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

   ...manage national security information (NSI) in court and administrative proceedings. The proposals support other measures being progressed following the Christchurch mosque attacks in March 2019 and are also the Government’s response to Part 2 of the Law Commission’s 2015 report The Crown in Court: A Review of the Crown Proceedings Act and National Security Information in Proceedings.1 Executive summary 2. NSI is information that, if disclosed, would be likely to prejudice New Zeal...

6. Firearms-Prohibition-Orders-Legislation-Amendment-Bill_FINAL_Redacted.pdf [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...immediately, and your Office requests feedback by 12pm, 14 February. 7. When policy decisions were taken in December, Cabinet agreed the new search powers would also apply to other persons in a vehicle with an individual subject to an FPO. Crown Law has subsequently recommended an amendment to these powers so that the power is considered a reasonable limit on rights. collins Cross-Out In Confidence 3 8. This briefing seeks your agreement to request that Cabinet rescinds the...

7. Gangs-Legislation-Amendment-Bill-Escalating-Penalties_FINAL.pdf [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   Hon Paul Goldsmith Minister of Justice Proactive release - Gangs Legislation Amendment Bill - Escalating Penalties Amendment Paper Date of issue: 11 September 2024 The following documents have been proactively released in accordance with Cabinet Office Circu lar CO (23) 4. Some information has been withheld on the basis that it would not, if requested under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA), be re leased . Where that is the case, the relevant section of the OIA has been noted...

8. BORA - Abortion Legislation Bill: Attorney-General's opinion [pdf, 247 KB]

   ...congenital abnormalities. 7 2 B v Waitemata District Health Board [2017] NZSC 88, [2017] 1 NZLR 823 at [101] and n 121. 3 Ministry of Health v Atkinson [2012] NZCA 184, [2012] 3 NZLR 456 at [109]. 4 Law Commission Alternative approaches to abortion law: Ministerial briefing paper (NZLC MB4, 2018) at para 4.74. 5 Ministry of Health “Screening tests and scans: 14 to 30 weeks” retrieved from https://www.health.govt.nz/your- health/...

9. EMPC Dinner speech Labour Law Society Conference [pdf, 165 KB]

   DINNER SPEECH THE SECOND NEW ZEALAND LABOUR LAW SOCIETY CONFERENCE 22 NOVEMBER 2013 I recall agreeing readily to speak to this dinner out of an enormous sense of relief that I had not been asked to write a paper and present it at the Conference. Over the last few weeks I have come to regret that hasty response to Pam Nuttall’s blandishments. Until literally very recently, I have been completely stumped to know what to talk about. Coming from someone who expresses him...

10. BORA Social Assistance (Residency Qualification) Legislation-Bill [pdf, 130 KB]

    LEGAL ADVICE LPA 01 01 23 14 March 2018 Hon David Parker, Attorney-General Consistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990: Social Assistance (Extension of Residency Qualification) Legislation Bill 1. We have considered whether the Social Assistance (Extension of Residency Qualification) Legislation 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. The Bill amends the Ne...