Hon Amy Adams
Government Bill
189—2
As reported from the Local Government and Environment Committee
Commentary
Key
1 Title
2 Commencement
Part 1Preliminary provisions
3 Purpose
4 Interpretation
4A Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti o Waitangi
5 Act binds the Crown
Part 2Environmental reporting
Synthesis reports
6 Synthesis reports
7 Content of synthesis reports
8 Frequency of synthesis reports
Domain reports
9 Domain reports
10 Content of domain reports
11 Frequency of domain reports
Production of environmental reports
12 Overview of process for producing environmental reports
13 Roles of Secretary and Government Statistician
14 Duty to act independently
15 Reports to be fair and accurate
16 Disclosure of information
16 Protecting integrity of untested information
Role of Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
17 Role of Commissioner
Regulations
18 Regulations
Legislative history
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows: