This Act amends the Passports Act 1992 (the principal Act).

In section 2, replace the definition of Minister with:

In section 2, insert in its appropriate alphabetical order:

In section 2, definition of officer, replace “Department of Internal Affairs” with “department of State that, with the authority of the Prime Minister, is for the time being responsible for the administration of this Act”.

In section 2, definition of passport, delete “and is incapable of being renewed,”.

After section 2, insert:

In the heading to Part 1, replace “Issue, renewal,” with “Issue”.

In the cross-heading above section 3, replace “Issue, renewal, and endorsement” with “Issue”.

Replace section 5(1) with:

In section 5(1A)(a), replace “this section” with “section 8 of the Passports Amendment Act (No 2) 2015”.

In section 5(2), replace “Notwithstanding” with “Despite”.

Repeal section 6.

After section 8(1), insert:

After section 8A(1), insert:

In section 9(1)(b), delete “and is incapable of being renewed”.

In section 9(1)(e), replace “the passport, or any renewal or endorsement of the passport, has” with “the passport has”.

After section 9(1), insert:

After section 9(2), insert:

In section 9A, insert as subsection (2):

After section 11, insert:

Replace section 13(2) with:

In the cross-heading above section 16, replace “Issue, renewal, and endorsement” with “Issue”.

In section 17, replace “4 years” with “2 years”.

Repeal section 18.

In section 20(1)(b), delete “and is incapable of being renewed”.

After section 20(1), insert:

In section 20(2), after “subsection (1)”, insert “or cancels the certificate under subsection (1A)”.

After section 20(2), insert:

After section 20A(1), insert:

After section 25(1), insert:

In section 25(2), after “subsection (1)”, insert “or cancels the document under subsection (1A)”.

After section 25(2), insert:

After section 25A(1), insert:

In section 27C(1), replace “2 years” with “5 years”.

Repeal section 27C(2).

In section 27D(1)(b), delete “and is incapable of being renewed”.

After section 27D(1), insert:

In section 27D(2), after “subsection (1)”, insert “or cancels the document under subsection (1A)”.

After section 27D(2), insert:

After section 27E(1), insert:

Replace section 27H(2) and (3) with:

After section 27H, insert:

In section 28(1)(a), delete “or renewal”.

In the heading to section 30, replace “passport” with “New Zealand travel document”.

In section 30(1) and (2), replace “passport database” with “New Zealand travel document database” in each place.

Repeal section 30(3).

Repeal section 31A.

In section 32(1)(a), replace “a written or oral statement” with “any statement”.

In section 32(1)(b), replace “a written or oral statement” with “any statement”.

After section 32, insert:

In section 37(1)(j), replace “passports database” with “New Zealand travel document database”.

Replace section 40 with:

Repeal sections 41 to 44 and cross-headings above sections 41, 42, 43, and 44.

In the heading to section 45, replace “Schedule” with “Schedule 2”.

In section 45, replace “the Schedule” with “Schedule 2” in each place.

In section 46(1), replace “the Schedule” with “Schedule 2”.

Before the Schedule, insert, as Schedule 1, the Schedule 1 set out in the Schedule of this Act.

In the Schedule, after clause 7(2), insert:

The Schedule is renumbered as Schedule 2.