Proposed amendments
David Seymour, in Committee, to move the following amendments:
Clause 4
In clause 4, after the definition of Minister of the Crown (page 2, after line 4), insert as subclauses (2), (3), and (4):
(2)
In section 2(1), definition of official information, after paragraph (a)(ii), insert:
(iia)
a judge or judicial officer with responsibility for judicial determination of any legal proceedings; or
(iib)
an organisation providing administrative support to a judge or judicial officer referred to in subparagraph (iia); or
(3)
In section 2(1), definition of official information, replace paragraph (i) with:
(i)
does not include information contained in any correspondence or communication which has taken place with the office of the Ombudsman and which relates to an investigation conducted by an Ombudsman under this Act or under the Ombudsmen Act 1975, other than information that came into existence before the commencement of that investigation; and
(4)
In section 2(1), definition of official information, after paragraph (l), insert:
(m)
includes information of an administrative or financial nature held by a judge or a judicial officer, or any organisation providing administrative support to a judge or judicial officer, but does not include information relating to the judicial determination of any legal proceedings held by such persons; and
(n)
does not include information contained in any correspondence or communication which has taken place with the office of the Controller and Auditor-General and which relates to the performance of a function, duty, or power of the Controller and Auditor-General under the Public Audit Act 2001
New clause 5
After clause 4 (page 2, after line 4), insert:
5 Schedule 1 amended
In Schedule 1, insert in their appropriate alphabetical order:
Controller and Auditor-General