Proposed amendments
Eugenie Sage, in Committee, to move the following amendments:
Clause 3
In clause 3, after “require regular reports on”
(page 3, line 2), insert “the state of”
.
Clause 4
In clause 4, in the definition of topic, replace “regulations”
(page 5, line 14) with “notice in the Gazette”
.
Clause 4A
In clause 4A(b), replace “regulations”
(page 5, line 24) with “a notice in the Gazette”
.
In clause 4A(b), replace “regulations are”
(page 5, line 26) with “a notice in the Gazette is”
.
Clause 7
In clause 7(1), after “Each synthesis report must describe”
(page 6, line 15), insert “and analyse”
.
In clause 7(1), replace “by regulations”
(page 6, line 16) with “notice in the Gazette”
.
In clause 7(1)(c), after “may be having on”
(page 6, lines 24 to 25), insert “matters including (but not limited to)”
.
After clause 7(1)(c)(iv) (page 6, after line 33), insert “; and”
and also insert:
(d)
any gaps and limitations in data.
Clause 10
In clause 10(1), after “must describe”
(page 7, line 28), insert “and analyse”
, and replace “prescribed in regulations made under section 18, all of the following matters”
(page 7, lines 29 to 30), with “prescribed by notice in the Gazette made under section 18, matters including (but not limited to)”
.
In clause 10(2)(b), replace “standards.”
(page 8, line 19) with “standards:”
and, after paragraph (b), insert :
(c)
any gaps or limitations in data.
Clause 12
In clause 12(a), replace “regulations”
(page 9, lines 5 and 6) with “notice in the Gazette”
.
Clause 13
In clause 13(2), replace “regulations”
(page 9, lines 21 to 22) with “notice in the Gazette”
.
Clause 14
In clause 14, after “any Minister of the Crown”
(page 9, line 36), insert “and any government or commercial agency except insofar as the government or commercial agency supplies any information sought”
.
Clause 16
In clause 16(4), in paragraph (a) of the definition of untested information, after “findings prepared”
(page 11, line 2), insert “exclusively”
.
Clause 18
Replace the cross-heading above clause 18 (page 11, line 21) with “Topics to be reported on”
.
Replace the clause heading (page 11, line 22) with “Topics to be reported on”
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Replace clause 18(1) and (2) (page 11, line 23, to page 12, line 17) with:
(1)
Every 3 years the Secretary and the Government Statistician must jointly determine and notify in the Gazette the—
(a)
topics to be covered in synthesis reports relating to—
(i)
the state of New Zealand’s environment:
(ii)
the pressures that may be causing, or have the potential to cause, changes to the state of New Zealand’s environment:
(iii)
the impacts that the state of the environment and changes to the state of the environment may be having on the matters set out in section 7(1)(c):
(b)
topics to be covered in domain reports relating to—
(ii)
the pressures that may be causing, or have the potential to cause, changes to the state of a domain:
(iii)
the impacts that the state of a domain and changes to the state of a domain may be having on the matters set out in section 10(1)(c).
(2)
Before determining the topics under subsection (1), the Secretary and the Government Statistician must be satisfied that any—
(a)
pressure topic or impact topic affects or potentially affects significant areas, resources, ecosystem integrity, or numbers of people:
(b)
topic can be measured with robust statistical methods:
(c)
pressure topic is related to any state topic that it is asserted to affect:
(d)
impact topic is related to any state topic that is asserted to give rise to that impact.
In clause 18(3), replace “Before recommending the making of regulations under subsection (1), the Ministers must consult”
(page 12, lines 18 to 20) with “Before determining the topics under subsection (1), the Secretary and the Government Statistician must consult with”
.
Delete clause 18(3)(a) (page 12, line 22).
New clause 19
After clause 18 (page 12, after line 33), insert:
19 Review of Act’s operation
The Commissioner must review the operation of the Act on the expiry of 5 years from the date of its commencement and report to the House of Representatives with any recommendations for changes to the Act and its implementation.