Proposed amendment
Jonathan Young, in Committee, to move the following amendment:
Clause 2
Replace clause 2 (page 2, lines 1 to 3) with:
2 Commencement
(1)
Section 8 comes into force on the earlier of—
(a)
a date appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council; or
(2)
Before the Governor-General appoints a date under subsection (1)(a), the Minister of Conservation and the Minister of Energy and Resources must—
(a)
release a discussion document on the “no new mines on conservation land”
policy announced in the Speech from the Throne on 8 November 2017; and
(b)
complete a consultation process on the discussion document in paragraph (a), including consulting with—
(ii)
iwi in affected areas; and
(iii)
local government groups; and
(iv)
environmental groups; and
(vi)
interested members of the public.
(3)
The rest of this Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.