Electoral (Integrity) Amendment Bill - Amendment paper No 090
Electoral (Integrity) Amendment Bill - Amendment paper No 090
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Electoral (Integrity) Amendment Bill - Amendment paper No 090
No 90
House of Representatives
Supplementary Order Paper
Tuesday, 14 August 2018
Electoral (Integrity) Amendment Bill
Proposed amendment
Chris Bishop, in Committee, to move the following amendment:
New clause 5A
After clause 5 (page 4, after line 16), insert:
5A New section 59A inserted (High Court ruling on the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act)
After section 59, insert:
59A High Court ruling on the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act
No party leader may give notice under section 55C if the High Court issues a declaratory judgement that they are in breach of the New Zealand Bill of Right Act, notwithstanding section 4 of the Act.
Explanatory note
This Supplementary Order Paper amends the Electoral (Integrity) Amendment Bill to insert new clause 5A to provide the judiciary the opportunity to rule on whether the member of Parliament expulsion provisions breach the Bill of Rights Act. If so, the Speaker is prohibited from enforcing the provisions to trigger the expulsion of a member of Parliament.
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