PCO news Putanga rongo hou
Here's where you can find the latest news and updates from the Parliamentary Counsel Office.
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16 January 2025
In this report we examine progress against the Legislation Act 2019’s purpose of promoting high-quality legislation that is easy to find, use, and understand.
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16 January 2025
Read content from the December issue of the PCO Quarterly.
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27 November 2024
27 November 2024. Please share your feedback through a short survey.
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21 October 2024
21 October 2024. The PCO’s 2023-2024 Annual Report was presented to the House on 18 October and published today.
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28 August 2024
28 August 2024. We’ve launched a new Secondary Legislation Community of Practice to share and build knowledge across agencies that draft and publish secondary legislation.
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07 August 2024
7 August 2024. The PCO has published expenses incurred by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel in the last financial year.
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11 September 2024
30 July 2024. PCO and LINZ are seeking feedback on the Valuers Bill before it is introduced to Parliament. The Bill revises the Valuers Act 1948. UPDATE: This consultation has now closed.
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13 July 2024
12 July 2024. Last week we were delighted to host the Legislative IT, Publishing and Systems Forum at Parliament. This was the first time in 10 years the annual forum has been held in Aotearoa.
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09 July 2024
9 July 2024. The Attorney-General has welcomed release of the Secondary Legislation Drafting Toolkit, and announced presentation of the 2024-2026 revision programme to Parliament.
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25 June 2024
25 June 2024. It's a new design with an improved structure, running on updated technology – we hope you like it!
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25 June 2024
22 February 2024. Today the Chief Parliamentary Counsel issued the Secondary Legislation Access Standards.
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25 June 2024
7 March 2024. “The Government is seeking feedback on its next 3-year statute revision Bill programme,” Chief Parliamentary Counsel Cassie Nicholson announced today.
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17 June 2024
20 December 2023 The report’s key focus is on legislative practices affecting access to secondary legislation, building on the previous year’s annual report
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17 June 2024
8 December 2023 Parliament has agreed to change the name Supplementary Order Paper (SOP) to Amendment Paper (AP).
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25 June 2024
30 October 2023 Now published: Ngā Koronga Rautaki | Strategic Intentions for the period 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2027.
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23 August 2024
22 August 2023 Te Kawa Mataaho has issued model standards for the disclosure of expenses, gifts, and hospitality incurred by Chief Executives of Public Service departments and Crown entities.
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17 June 2024
12 April 2023 We have published Toipoto kia Toiora | Closing Gaps for Wellbeing, our first plan of this type.
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22 October 2024
View a collection of legislation produced in response to severe weather events. This includes legislation that is no longer in force. View individual documents to confirm their current status.
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17 June 2024
21 December 2021 The PCO's first Annual Report on Legislative Practices was presented to Parliament today.
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17 June 2024
20 October 2022 The PCO's Annual Report for the year ending 30 June 202 was presented to the House today.
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17 June 2024
On 5 September 2022 we made some changes to the New Zealand Legislation website to improve access to secondary legislation.
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17 June 2024
7 July 2022 A former staff member of the Parliamentary Counsel Office has been charged with fraud.
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21 June 2024
5 July 2022 The PCO has released a draft Protected Disclosures Policy.
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17 June 2024
11 May 2022 New: watch videos of Parliamentary Counsel and a Government Legal Network graduate talking about their work at the PCO.
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17 June 2024
2 November 2021 Three Cabinet Papers have been proactively released
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17 June 2024
22 October 2021 The Legislation Act 2019 comes into force on 28 October. The Act promotes high-quality legislation for New Zealand that is easy to find, use, and understand.
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17 June 2024
22 October 2021 You may soon notice some changes on the NZ Legislation website.
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17 June 2024
22 September 2021 This report was presented to the House of Representatives on 21 September 2021.
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17 June 2024
15 September 2021 The PCO re-shaped its organisational structure from 9 August.
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17 June 2024
15 September 2021 The Cabinet paper “Legislation Act 2019—Regulations and Commencement Orders” has been proactively released.
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17 June 2024
10 June 2021 The revision programme for the 53rd Parliament was presented to the House today.
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17 June 2024
31 May 2021 The Cabinet paper “Legislation Act 2019 regulations and commencement order: policy approvals” has been proactively released.
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17 June 2024
13 April 2021 Attorney-General David Parker today announced the appointment of Cassie Nicholson as Chief Parliamentary Counsel for a term of five years.
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17 June 2024
The Secondary Legislation Act 2021 received Royal assent on 24 March 2021.
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17 June 2024
19 March 2021 On 16 March the Attorney-General Hon David Parker presented the Chief Parliamentary Counsel’s Report on Subpart 3 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 to Parliament.
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17 June 2024
10 March 2021 The Cabinet paper "Secondary Legislation Bill—Two supplementary order papers: Approval for release" has been proactively released.
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17 June 2024
29 January 2021 “The Government is now seeking feedback on its next three-year statute revision programme”, Chief Parliamentary Counsel Fiona Leonard announced today.
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24 June 2024
23 November 2020 Turning Policy Into Law is an interactive and easy-to-use resource for instructors.
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17 June 2024
15 September 2020 New report published.
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09 July 2024
View a collection of legislation produced in response to COVID-19. This includes legislation that is no longer in force. View individual documents to confirm their current status.
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17 June 2024
20 December 2019 The Secondary Legislation Bill, introduced to the House on 10 December, received its first reading on 17 December and was referred to the Regulations Review Committee.
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17 June 2024
29 November 2019 We are seeking feedback on this draft Bill before introduction. Its purpose is to revise the Land Valuation Proceedings Act 1948, which is old and expressed in out-of-date language.
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17 June 2024
26 November 2019 An unofficial consolidation of the Climate Change Response Act 2002 has been prepared.
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17 June 2024
23 October 2019 The Partnership Law Act 2019 is the second revision Bill to be enacted. The Bill received Royal assent on 21 October 2019, and comes into force on 21 April 2020.
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17 June 2024
26 September 2019 An unofficial consolidation of the Arms Act 1983 has been prepared to show the amendments proposed by the Arms Legislation Bill as introduced on 13 September 2019.
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17 June 2024
28 May 2019 The Partnership Law Bill was introduced to the House today. This Bill was developed under the 2018–2020 revision programme.
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17 June 2024
12 April 2019 The Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Act 2019 received Royal assent on 11 April 2019.
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17 June 2024
10 April 2019 Hon Stuart Nash, Minister of Police, has released a Supplementary Order Paper (No 201) that proposes amendments to the Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Bill.
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17 June 2024
2 April 2019 An unofficial consolidation of the Arms Act 1983 has been prepared.
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17 June 2024
Learn what the 'shattering statutes' are and what their role was in the history of New Zealand's legislation.
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05 August 2024
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17 June 2024
11 April 2015 We have made some minor changes to the format of legislation, and to the New Zealand Legislation website.
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17 June 2024
The Statutes Repeal Bill was introduced to the House on 6 September 2016. The Bill received its first reading on 20 September 2016, and was referred to the Government Administration Committee.
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17 June 2024