Part 1 amends the Accident Compensation Act 2001.

Clause 4 amends section 43(1)(b) by replacing the requirement to notify the draft Code in specified daily newspapers with a requirement to notify it on an internet site maintained by or on behalf of the Accident Compensation Corporation (the Corporation).

Clause 5 repeals section 286(5)(a), which refers to the now-repealed Disabled Persons Employment Promotion Act 1960.

Clause 6 replaces the cross-heading above section 313 to better reflect the content of that section.

Clause 7 amends section 331(2)(a) to replace the requirement to notify the Corporation’s intention to recommend that regulations be made in specified daily newspapers with a requirement to notify it on an internet site maintained by or on behalf of the Corporation. Clause 7 also amends section 331(4) to replace the requirement to notify the Corporation’s recommendation that regulations be made in specified daily newspapers with a requirement to notify it on an internet site maintained by or on behalf of the Corporation.

Part 2 amends the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009.

Clause 9 amends the definition of occasional transaction in section 5 to clarify that cheque deposits made at a registered bank or non-bank deposit taker are excluded from the definition.

Clause 10 amends section 16 to clarify that an address of a customer, beneficial owner of a customer, or any person acting on behalf of a customer only has to be verified by a reporting entity according to the level of risk involved in the transaction.

Clause 11 replaces section 40 to extend the time period within which law firms must provide suspicious activity reports to the Commissioner of Police from 3 to 5 working days.

Clause 12 amends section 48A to extend the time period within which reporting entities must report on certain prescribed transactions from 10 to 20 working days.

Part 3 amends the Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971.

Clause 14 amends section 87A to remove an incorrect cross-reference to section 160.

Clause 15 amends section 117ZA to correct a typographical error.

Part 4 amends the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021.

Clause 17 amends section 88 to provide that a person does not have to confirm their identity in order to request access to historical information under section 91(1)(a) or (b).

Clause 18 consequentially amends section 91 to reflect the amendment to section 88 made by clause 17.

Part 5 amends the Building Act 2004.

Clause 20 amends section 68 to include a reference to section 67A, which allows a territorial authority to grant waivers or modifications of requirements relating to access to residential pools. As a result of this amendment, the territorial authority must notify the chief executive when it grants a waiver or modification under section 67A.

Clause 21 amends section 177(3)(a) to include a reference to section 67A. The effect of this amendment is that a party may now apply to the chief executive for a determination relating to a decision made by a territorial authority under section 67A.

Part 6 amends the Burial and Cremation Act 1964.

Clause 23 amends section 46B to correct a cross-reference to the Coroners Act 2006. Section 13(1)(b) of the Coroners Act 2006 was replaced with section 14(2)(f) by the Coroners Amendment Act 2016.

Part 7 amends the Conservation Act 1987.

Clauses 25 to 32 move 4 subsections into other sections that are more relevant to those subsections. The repositioned subsections relate to matters that must be considered by the Director-General of Conservation or the Fish and Game Council when preparing various plans and strategies, as set out in the relevant sections.

Clause 33 replaces section 39(6) with 3 separate subsections that are easier to read. It also clarifies that it is a defence to the offences set out in section 39(4) for discharging contaminants into freshwater if the discharges are made in accordance with a national environmental standard.

Clause 34 adds a new infringement offence to Part 6A of the Act to cover offences relating to taking indigenous freshwater fish without authority. This aligns the infringement offences with the amendments that were made in 2019 when protections for indigenous fish were originally added to the Act (see Part 5B). At that time, however, the infringement offences for indigenous fish were not amended accordingly. This amendment fixes that oversight.

Clause 35 amends section 59(9) to clarify that the powers of fishery officers and honorary fishery officers are not limited to freshwater fisheries. This amendment aligns the powers for those officers with those set out in the Fisheries Act 1996.

Part 8 amends the Conservation Amendment Act 1996.

Clause 37 renumbers the new provisions that section 24 is to insert into the Conservation Act 1987. That section is yet to come into force by Order in Council, but, when it does, the inserted provisions will align with the existing provisions.

Part 9 amends the Coroners Act 2006.

Clause 39 amends section 14(2) to correct a cross-reference. The Burial and Cremation Amendment Act 2016 repealed the term doctor’s certificate in section 2(1) of the Burial and Cremation Act 1964 and inserted a new definition of certificate of cause of death.

Clause 40 amends section 80 for consistency with section 117A. Section 80 requires a coroner to decide whether to hold an inquest. Associate coroners do not have the power to hold inquests. They do, however, consider the matters in section 80(2) when deciding whether to hold a hearing on the papers.

Clause 41 amends section 132(2) in relation to practice notes issued by the chief coroner. The practice notes may specify matters to which associate coroners and coroners must have regard, or to which only coroners must have regard. Clause 41 expands the matters to which coroners and associate coroners must have regard, namely co-ordination with other coroners and associate coroners and determination of experts. It subsequently removes the matter of determining whether a person is an expert from the list of matters that is directed solely to coroners.

Part 10 amends the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003.

Clause 43 inserts new section 9CA(10) to clarify that lenders do not need to keep records of declined or withdrawn applications.

Clause 44 amends section 35(2). The effect of this amendment is that, if 2 or more persons specify the same postal address under section 35(1)(b), a disclosure statement sent to any of those persons is treated as having been sent to all of those persons.

Part 11 amends the Criminal Investigations (Bodily Samples) Act 1995.

Clause 46 amends Part 1 of Schedule 1, which sets out a list of relevant offences for the purposes of the Act, to remove outdated language used to describe historic offences.

Part 12 amends the Criminal Records (Clean Slate) Act 2004.

Clause 48 amends the definition of specified offence in section 4 to remove outdated language used in the description of historic offences.

Part 13 amends the Crown Entities Act 2004.

Clause 50 amends section 107(1) to replace the outdated reference to the Minister of State Services with a reference to the Minister for the Public Service.

Clause 51 amends section 133(2A) and (2B) to replace the outdated references to the Minister of State Services with references to the Minister for the Public Service.

Clause 52 amends section 178 to replace the outdated references to the now-repealed Archives Act 1957 with references to the Public Records Act 2005.

Clause 53 amends Part 1 of Schedule 1 to replace the outdated reference to the New Zealand Blood Service with a reference to the New Zealand Blood and Organ Service.

Clause 54 amends Schedule 2 to replace the outdated reference to New Zealand Venture Investment Fund Limited with a reference to New Zealand Growth Capital Partners Limited.

Clauses 55 and 56 amend Schedules 3 and 4 to replace the outdated references to the now-repealed Archives Act 1957 with references to the Public Records Act 2005.

Clause 57 and Schedule 1 make consequential amendments to the Income Tax Act 2007, the Ombudsmen Act 1975, and the Venture Capital Fund Act 2019.

Part 14 amends the Defence Act 1990.

Clauses 60 to 64 amend sections 13, 15, 16, 19, and 61A to replace references to airman and airmen with references to the gender-neutral terms aviator and aviators respectively.

Clause 65 and Schedule 2 make consequential amendments to the Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971, the Court Martial Act 2007, the Armed Forces Discipline Regulations 2008, and the New Zealand Defence Force Long Service Awards Regulations 2020.

Part 15 amends the Electoral Act 1993.

Clause 67 amends section 3 to clarify that, for the purposes of Part 6B (loans), candidate—

• means a constituency candidate; and

• includes a person who has declared an intention of becoming a constituency candidate; but

• does not include a list candidate.

Part 16 amends the Employment Relations Act 2000.

Clause 69 updates a cross-reference to the now-repealed section 28B of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 by replacing it with a reference to section 191 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015.

Part 17 amends the Heretaunga Tamatea Claims Settlement Act 2018 (the principal Act).

Clause 71 inserts new subpart 1A into Part 3 of the principal Act. In June 2021, the Crown transferred the property at 14 Mangarau Crescent, Havelock North, to the trustees of the Heretaunga Tamatea Settlement Trust as commercial redress under section 81 of the principal Act. Upon the transfer, a marginal strip was reserved under section 24 of the Conservation Act 1987.

On 16 October 2023, Hastings District Council granted resource consent RMA20220454, authorising the subdivision of 14 Mangarau Crescent in 2 stages. New section 86A cancels the marginal strip if stage 1 of that subdivision proceeds. If the subdivision proceeds, an area partially overlapping with the marginal strip will be transferred to Hastings District Council as an esplanade reserve in accordance with the Resource Management Act 1991.

Part 18 amends the Housing Act 1955.

Clause 73 amends section 29 to remove the reference to the 1-pound fee payable to the Registrar-General of Land for registration of an easement certificate issued under that section. The effect of this amendment is that Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities is required to pay the standard registration fee, which is prescribed under the Land Transfer Act 2017.

Part 19 amends the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007.

Clause 75 amends section 17 to clarify that the Registrar of Immigration Advisers may consider, when determining a person’s fitness to be licensed, whether the person is related by employment or association to a person—

• who has previously been refused a licence; or

• who is prohibited from being licensed under section 15; or

• who is subject to a restriction on being licensed under section 16; or

• who has a conviction for an offence of a kind referred to in section 17(a); or

• against whom disciplinary proceedings of a kind referred to in section 17(b) have been taken or are being taken.

Clause 76 amends section 18 to clarify that an application for licensing as an immigration adviser must include the applicant’s aliases and former names (if any).

Part 20 amends the Incorporated Societies Act 2022 (the principal Act).

Clauses 78 to 80 amend the principal Act to clarify that a body corporate or other association formed or incorporated under a Provincial Ordinance specified in regulations made under the principal Act can be reregistered under the principal Act as an incorporated society.

Clauses 82 and 83 make consequential amendments to the Incorporated Societies Regulations 2023.

Part 21 amends the Inquiries Act 2013.

Clause 85 amends section 33, which relates to the disposal of public records of an inquiry under the Public Records Act 2005 and the transfer of any thing from an inquiry to the control of the Chief Archivist. In determining the public access status of the public records or things transferred, section 33(4) currently requires the relevant department to take into account any order the inquiry has made under section 15(1). An order under section 15(1) may forbid publication of, or restrict public access to, certain matters relating to an inquiry, or require some or all of the inquiry to be held in private. Section 33(4) is amended so that,—

• if the order applies for a specified time period, the relevant department must act consistently with the order (as defined in new section 33(4A)):

• if the order applies permanently, the relevant department must take the order into account (as defined in new section 33(4A)).

Part 22 amends the Juries Act 1981.

Clauses 87 and 88 amend sections 12A and 13 to correct a drafting error. A replacement summons is issued under section 13, not under section 14C(1)(c) or (d).

Part 23 amends the Land Transfer Act 2017 (the 2017 Act).

Clause 90 amends section 61 to clarify that the Crown is not liable to pay compensation under the relevant sections if the loss or damage is a result of a breach of trust by the registered owner. This was the position under the Land Transfer Act 1952 (the 1952 Act) but was inadvertently omitted when the 2017 Act, which replaced that Act, was drafted.

Clauses 91 and 97 amend sections 63 and 226 to confirm that, when Crown funds are used under those sections, a separate appropriation is not required. This was the position under the 1952 Act but was inadvertently omitted when the 2017 Act was drafted.

Clause 92 adds a new subsection to section 93, which deals with obtaining mortgagee consent before registering a lease variation. The new subsection makes the mortgagee’s consent binding on anyone else who gains an interest in the mortgage. This was the position under the 1952 Act but was inadvertently omitted when the 2017 Act was drafted.

Clause 93 adds a new subsection to section 220, which sets out what is required for public notices. The new subsection allows some information to be published on the internet site of Land Information New Zealand if there is too much information to include in the normal public notice.

Clauses 94 to 96 amend various sections relating to the delivery of notices. The amendments clarify that using a courier service is a valid delivery option.

Clause 98 amends section 233 to clarify that the section deals with the functions, as well as the duties and powers, of the Registrar-General of Land. This amendment aligns the section with the rest of the 2017 Act and with the wording of delegation sections in other legislation.

Part 24 amends the Local Government Act 2002 (the principal Act).

Clause 100 inserts new clause 29A into Schedule 10. New clause 29A contains a requirement that is currently in section 90D of the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002 (which is repealed by Part 25 of this Bill). The requirement is being moved into Schedule 10 of the principal Act so that all annual report requirements for local authorities will be in that schedule instead of in 2 separate Acts.

Part 25 amends the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002 (the principal Act).

Clause 102 repeals section 90D, which requires a local authority to ensure that the notes to the financial statements described in clause 29(1)(a) of Schedule 10 of the Local Government Act 2002 disclose the amount of rates written off each financial year under sections 90A and 90B of the principal Act. That requirement is being moved into Schedule 10 of the Local Government Act 2002 so that all annual report requirements for local authorities will be in that schedule instead of in 2 separate Acts (see Part 25).

Part 26 amends the Maritime Transport Act 1994.

Clause 104 amends section 365 to remove the reference to the now-repealed section 364.

Part 27 amends the Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003.

Clause 106 repeals section 88(5), which is replaced by new section 88A.

Clause 107 inserts new section 88A, which sets out end-of-term provisions for assessors that are equivalent to those in section 84 for adjudicators.

Clause 108 amends clause 9E of Schedule 1 to provide that an officer of a Motor Vehicle Disputes Tribunal (a Tribunal), rather than the Registrar of Motor Vehicle Traders, determines allowances and travelling expenses for witnesses attending a Tribunal. It also amends clause 16 of Schedule 1, which deals with appeals to the District Court against decisions of Tribunals, to refer to the procedural requirements for those appeals in the District Court Act 2016 and the District Court Rules 2014.

Part 28 amends the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008.

Clause 110 adds 2 terms to section 3 to ensure that all the functions and duties of the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (the Board) are included in the purpose statement.

Clause 111 clarifies that the definition of Ross Dependency in section 8 includes the description in the Ross Dependency Boundaries and Government Order in Council 1923, as well as the description in the Antarctica (Environmental Protection) Act 1994.

Clause 112(1) clarifies that when the Board alters a name under section 10, it can also alter the description of the position or spatial extent of a geographic feature to which the name applies, in order to correct any errors.

Clauses 112(2) and (3), 113, 114, and 116 amend various sections to clarify when those sections are referring to official geographic names or recorded names in each circumstance.

Clause 114 amends section 15 to clarify that the Board may approve a recorded name as an official geographic name if it receives an application to do so. This is already set out as one of the Board’s principal functions (see section 10(1)(b)), but was not included in section 15 as intended at the time of drafting.

Clause 115 clarifies that section 16(2) (which requires the Board to give public notice before making a decision on a proposal) is subject to section 24 (which sets out when the Board does not have to give public notice in certain circumstances).

Clause 117 amends section 25 to clarify that when the Board discontinues official geographic names that relate to undersea features or are outside the territorial limits of New Zealand, it should do so in the same way as it assigns or alters names for those areas.

Clause 118 amends section 31A to clarify that when the Board is required to remove a Crown protected area from the list of official geographic names, it must also give public notice accordingly.

Part 29 amends the Ngāti Rangi Claims Settlement Act 2019.

Clause 120 amends section 132(1) to extend the deadline by which the New Zealand Defence Force and the trustees of Te Tōtarahoe o Paerangi may come to a binding agreement to transfer defence land to the trustees for commercial housing purposes. Clause 120 extends the deadline from 26 September 2023 (4 years after the Ngāti Rangi settlement date) to 26 September 2026 (7 years after the settlement date).

Part 30 amends the Oaths and Declarations Act 1957.

Clause 122 amends section 2 to insert definitions of audio link and audiovisual link.

Clause 123 inserts new section 2A, which provides for oaths and affirmations to be administered, and declarations to be taken, by audio link or audiovisual link as opposed to in the presence of the person taking the oath or making the affirmation or declaration.

Part 31 amends the Privacy Act 2020.

Clause 125 amends section 22 to replace information privacy principle 12(1)(e), which permits an agency to disclose personal information to a foreign person or entity if the agency believes on reasonable grounds that the foreign person or entity is subject to the privacy laws of a prescribed country (a country prescribed in regulations made under section 214(1)). New information privacy principle 12(1)(e) clarifies that disclosure under that provision may be made only if it is not precluded by any limitation or qualification prescribed in respect of the country under section 214(3).

Clause 126 amends section 27(2), which provides that information privacy principles 5 to 12 do not apply to an individual who is holding personal information collected by a lawful means solely for the purpose of, or in connection with, the individual’s personal or domestic affairs. This exemption is amended to include information held solely for the purpose of, or in connection with, the individual’s personal or domestic affairs that was received by the individual unsolicited or created by the individual.

Clause 127 repeals section 44(2)(a). The effect of the repeal is that an agency will no longer be able to respond to a request for access to personal information by notifying the requestor that the agency does not hold the personal information in a way that enables it to be readily retrieved. That circumstance will instead be a reason for refusing access to personal information under section 53 (see clause 129), in respect of which the requestor will have a right to complain to the Privacy Commissioner (the Commissioner).

Clause 128 amends section 49(1)(b), which sets out the circumstances in which an agency may refuse a request to access personal information relating to physical or mental health. The amendment clarifies that it is access to personal information relating to the physical or mental health of the individual who is the subject of the request (the individual concerned) that may be refused and not access to personal information relating to the physical or mental health of the person making the request. This clarification is necessary because, in some cases, the person making the request may not be the individual concerned but a representative of the individual concerned.

Clause 129 amends section 53 to include as a further reason for an agency to refuse access to personal information that the information is not held in a way that is readily retrievable. A requestor refused access to personal information for that reason will be able to make a complaint to the Commissioner and the agency will need to notify the requestor of the requestor’s right to do so.

Clause 130 amends section 74(2), which gives the Commissioner a discretion not to investigate a complaint if it appears to the Commissioner that an investigation is unnecessary. The amendment also enables the Commissioner to exercise that discretion if it appears to the Commissioner that an investigation is inappropriate.

Clause 131 amends section 91 so that after completing an investigation of a complaint relating to access to personal information and determining that the complaint has substance, the Commissioner need only use best endeavours to secure a settlement of the complaint and an assurance from the respondent that there will not be a repetition of the action that gave rise to the complaint if the Commissioner considers it is appropriate to do so. Also, after completing an investigation of a matter relating to access to personal information and determining that the matter should be proceeded with, the Commissioner need only use best endeavours to secure an assurance from the respondent that there will not be a repetition of the action that gave rise to the investigation if the Commissioner considers it is appropriate to do so.

Clause 132 amends section 94 similarly. After completing an investigation of any other type of complaint and determining that the complaint has substance, the Commissioner need only use best endeavours to secure a settlement of the complaint and an assurance from the respondent that there will not be a repetition of the action that gave rise to the complaint if the Commissioner considers it is appropriate to do so. And, after completing an investigation of any other type of matter and determining that the matter should be proceeded with, the Commissioner need only use best endeavours to secure an assurance from the respondent that there will not be a repetition of the action that gave rise to the investigation if the Commissioner considers it is appropriate to do so.

Clause 133 amends section 120, which provides in subsection (4) that for the purposes of the processes and proceedings relating to an agency’s obligations under section 114 or 115 (those obligations being to notify the Commissioner and aggrieved individuals of notifiable breaches), anything done or omitted by an agent of an agency is to be treated as being done or omitted by both the agent and the principal agency. New subsection (6) is inserted to provide that an agent of an agency includes any person who holds information for or on behalf of the agency (for example, as a representative of the agency) or for safe custody and processing on behalf of the agency.

Clause 134 amends section 121, which provides in subsection (4) that anything related to a notifiable privacy breach that is known to an agent is to be treated as being known by the principal agency. New subsection (5) is inserted to provide that an agent of an agency includes any person who holds information for or on behalf of the agency (for example, as a representative of the agency) or for safe custody and processing on behalf of the agency. This mirrors the amendment made to section 120 (see clause 133).

Part 32 amends the Public Service Act 2020.

Clause 136 amends section 27(2) by removing the reference to clauses 2 to 4 of Schedule 6 because administrative tasks do not need to be delegated under those clauses.

Clause 137(1) amends clause 5(4) of Schedule 3 so that the clause also applies to section 19. The reference to section 19 was omitted by oversight when the Public Service Act 2020 was drafted.

Clause 137(2) amends clause 16(1) of Schedule 3 to clarify the time frame for delivery of ministerial briefings.

Clause 138(1) amends clause 8(1) of Schedule 6 to clarify the time frame for delivery of ministerial briefings.

Clause 138(2) amends clause 8(7) of Schedule 6 to clarify which Ministers are responsible for presenting ministerial briefings to the House of Representatives.

Clause 139 replaces clause 3(1) of Schedule 8 to clarify potentially ambiguous wording that was carried over from predecessor legislation.

Part 33 amends the Racing Industry Act 2020.

Clause 141 amends section 112 to clarify that, if regulations have been made that prescribe the manner of issue of a penalty notice for contravention of section 110, the notice must be issued in that manner, but regulations are not required to be made (as is the case with forms for the penalty notice).

Clause 142 amends section 116 to clarify that, if regulations have been made that prescribe the manner of issue of a penalty notice in relation to consumption charges, the notice must be issued in that manner, but regulations are not required to be made (as is the case with forms for the penalty notice).

Part 34 amends the Radiocommunications Act 1989.

Clauses 144 to 146 amend sections 28(1), 29(1), and 30(1) to account for when there is no prescribed fee.

Clause 147 amends section 128B to allow infringement notices to be served through electronic means if a person does not have a known place of residence or business in New Zealand.

Part 35 amends the Real Estate Agents Act 2008.

Clause 149 amends section 74 to clarify that the Registrar of the register of licensed real estate agents may decide not to take further action on a complaint against a licensed real estate agent if the complaint is not sufficiently serious.

Clause 150 inserts new section 105A, which clarifies that the Real Estate Agents Disciplinary Tribunal is able to accept certain documents sent by electronic means.

Part 36 amends the Search and Surveillance Act 2012.

Clause 152 amends section 160A, which authorises the Police to destroy a seized weapon in certain situations. The amendment corrects an error in section 160A(2)(a)(ii), which currently provides that the Police may destroy a weapon if they give notice to the person from whom the weapon was seized, and that person does not consent (rather than does not object) within 30 days to its destruction. This correction aligns the subparagraph with the rest of section 160A.

Part 37 amends the Secondhand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 2004.

Clause 154 amends section 8 to require photographs accompanying applications for secondhand dealer and pawnbroker licences to be authenticated in the way required by the Licensing Authorities instead of the way prescribed by regulations.

Clause 155 makes a similar change relating to applications for certificates of approval to act on behalf of secondhand dealers or pawnbrokers. It amends section 21 to provide that the photographs accompanying those applications must be authenticated in the way required by the Licensing Authorities instead of the way prescribed by regulations.

Clause 156 inserts new section 77AA, which requires the Licensing Authorities acting together to set requirements for the authentication of photographs accompanying applications under sections 8 and 21.

Clause 157 amends section 84 to remove the power for regulations to prescribe how photographs required to accompany applications must be authenticated.

Clauses 159 and 160 consequentially revoke regulations 6(2) and 7 of the Secondhand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Regulations 2005, which deal with the authentication of photographs.

Part 38 amends the Serious Fraud Office Act 1990.

Clause 162 repeals section 29, which designates the Attorney-General as the Minister of the Crown responsible for the Serious Fraud Office for the purposes of the Public Service Act 2020.

Clause 163 amends section 30, which ensures that the Director of the Serious Fraud Office acts independently of the Attorney-General in relation to investigations and proceedings. This amendment removes the reference to section 29 (given its repeal) and replaces the reference to the Attorney-General in subsection (1) with a reference to any Minister of the Crown to reflect that the Minister responsible for the Serious Fraud Office is not necessarily the Attorney-General.

Part 39 amends the Taxation Review Authorities Act 1994.

Clause 165 amends section 22, which empowers a Taxation Review Authority (an Authority) to order that costs be paid to the Crown in certain cases. The amendment changes the terminology used in section 22(1)(b) to reflect that an Authority dismisses, rather than strikes out, a proceeding under section 21.

Part 40 amends the Wages Protection Act 1983.

Clause 167 amends section 11 to clarify that a worker, or a Labour Inspector on behalf of a worker, may recover from that worker’s employer, by action in the Employment Relations Authority,—

• a deduction that was made in accordance with a general deductions clause in that worker’s employment agreement if the worker was not first consulted on the deduction:

• a deduction that was unreasonable.

The need for the amendments to section 11 was overlooked when sections 5(1A) and 5A were inserted into the Wages Protection Act 1983 by a 2016 amendment Act.

Part 41 amends the Water Services Act 2021.

Clause 169 makes minor amendments to section 25 for consistency with the wording of other provisions in that section.

Clause 170 amends section 98 to replace references to the State Sector Act 1988 with references to the Public Service Act 2020, which repealed and replaced the State Sector Act 1988.

Clause 171 amends the heading to section 120 to refer to serving, rather than issuing, a compliance order for consistency with the wording of section 120(1).

Clause 172 amends section 170 to replace references to the Education Act 1989 with references to the Education and Training Act 2020, which repealed and replaced the Education Act 1989. The section is also amended to replace the term trustee (as used and defined in the Education Act 1989) with the term board member (as used and defined in the Education and Training Act 2020).

Clause 173 amends section 200 to correct a typographical error.

Part 42 amends the Wildlife Act 1953.

Clause 175 amends section 15 to allow notices for open game seasons to be amended at any time before or during the season. Currently, under section 15(5), the notices can only be amended once the season has started, which is impractical when corrections need to be made to the notice before the season begins.

Clause 176 widens the offence in section 66A(3) to include when a person provides false information to a ranger or other authorised person. A previous version of the section included this provision, but it was inadvertently removed by an amendment Act in 2017. This amendment reinstates the full intended offence.