Amendment paper

Local Government (Water Services Preliminary Arrangements) Bill - Amendment paper No 070

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(v)

Explanatory note

No 70

House of Representatives

Amendment Paper

Local Government (Water Services Preliminary Arrangements) Bill

Proposed amendments

Lan Pham, in Committee, to move the following amendments:

Clause 8

After clause 8(1)(b)(iv) (page 12, after line 34), insert:

(v)

upholds the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi); and

(vi)

is consistent with any obligations arising under a Treaty settlement Act or Treaty settlement deed.

After clause 8(2) (page 12, after line 35), insert:

(2A)

In this section,—

(a)

Treaty settlement Act means—

(i)

an Act listed in Schedule 3 of the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975; or

(ii)

any other Act that provides redress for Treaty of Waitangi claims, including Acts that provide collective redress or participation arrangements for claimant groups whose claims are, or are to be, settled by another Act, including—

(A)

the Maori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act 2004:

(B)

the Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau Collective Redress Act 2014:

(C)

the Nga Wai o Maniapoto (Waipa River) Act 2012:

(D)

the Ngati Tuwharetoa, Raukawa, and Te Arawa River Iwi Waikato River Act 2010:

(E)

the Treaty of Waitangi (Fisheries Claims) Settlement Act 1992; and

(b)

Treaty settlement deed means a deed or other agreement that—

(i)

has been signed by or on behalf of a Minister of the Crown and representatives of a group of Māori; and

(ii)

is in settlement of the claims of that group or in express anticipation, or on account, of that settlement; but

(iii)

does not include an agreement in principle or any document that is preliminary to a signed and ratified deed.

Explanatory note

This Amendment Paper amends the Local Government (Water Services Preliminary Arrangements) Bill.