Environmental Reporting Bill
Government bill
About this bill
The purpose of this bill is to create a national-level environmental reporting system, including affirming the role of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment in reporting on environmental reports and processes that produced the reports.
Act text: Environmental Reporting Act 2015 (legislation.govt.nz)
Procedural notes
- Extended sittings used: This bill was progressed during one or more extended sittings of the House of Representatives. This enables MPs to meet for longer than normal to consider legislation. It does not alter the stages that a bill must pass through to become law.
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Read the bill
Bill text: Environmental Reporting Bill (legislation.govt.nz)Act text: Environmental Reporting Act 2015 (legislation.govt.nz)
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Progress
Enacted
This Bill has been passed by Parliament, and signed into law by the Governor-General in a step called Royal Assent. This doesn't mean that everything the Act implements has come into force yet, but it does mean that the Act is on the statute books.
Votes
1st reading
Passed
5 March 2014
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2nd reading
Passed
7 May 2015
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3rd reading
Passed
24 September 2015
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Only reading votes are shown here; these votes determine whether the Bill progresses through Parliament. Other votes, such as votes on whether to amend parts of the Bill, can be seen in Hansard.
Bill details last synced with the Parliament website over 2 years ago.
(23 March 2023 at 00:01 GMT+00:00)