Immigration Amendment Bill (No 2)
Government bill
About this bill
The bill proposes a number of amendments to the Immigration Act 2009 to address gaps in the compliance regime, to repond to opportunities provided by new technology, and to introduce measures to address the exploitation of migrant workers.
Act text: Immigration Amendment Act 2015 (legislation.govt.nz)
Procedural notes
- Urgency used: This bill was progressed through one or more stages using urgency. Urgency allows the Government to fast-track the legislative process by extending the sitting hours of the House of Representatives and skipping the select committee stage of a bill, and allows bills to pass through more than one stage per sitting day.
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Read the bill
Bill text: Immigration Amendment Bill (No 2) (legislation.govt.nz)Act text: Immigration Amendment 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
21 November 2013
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2nd reading
Passed
26 November 2014
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3rd reading
Passed
30 April 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)