✨ Legislative Programme Announcement
In the legislative programme for the current session there will be
Bills dealing with taxation, loans, education, town planning, local
elections and polls, merchandise marks, and wildlife. Other measures
to engage your attention will include Bills to consolidate and amend the
Companies Act, and to amend the Cinematograph Films Act 1928,
the Municipal Corporations Act, the law relating to public domains,
the Local Government Commission Act, the Forests Act, the Fire
Services Act, the Impounding Act 1908, the licensing law, and the
Electoral Act.
In the field of transport, legislation to reduce the hazards arising
from intensified road traffic and generally to maintain a high level of
safety for all classes of road users will be submitted for your
consideration.
You will also be asked to consider a Bill to give effect to certain
recommendations of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the
waterfront industry.
The programme will also include amendments to the gaming legisla-
tion providing more effective penalties against illegal betting and
dealing with gaming generally, amendments to the Coal Mines Act
1925, the Mining Act 1926, the Quarries Act 1944, the Tenancy Act,
the Land Subdivision in Counties Act, and the Rabbit Nuisance Act.
You will be asked to consider a Bill consolidating and amending the
law relating to the powers and functions of the New Zealand Dairy
Board, and also a Bill defining the functions of the Department of
Agriculture.
Following the precedent of similar legislation in the United
Kingdom, you will be asked to consider a Courts-martial Appeals Bill.
This will establish a special Court of Appeal to hear and determine
appeals by servicemen from the decision of Courts-martial. My
Ministers also propose to introduce an Armed Forces Bill which will
deal with matters common to the three Armed Services but not dealt
with in their respective Acts.
To overcome difficulties which have confronted the Government
in taking title to property, particularly property acquired overseas,
my Ministers propose to submit for your consideration a Bill providing
for the establishment of a corporation with power to hold and deal
with New Zealand Government property both in and outside New
Zealand.
All these matters I commend to your careful consideration, and
I pray for Divine guidance in your deliberations.
By Authority: R. E. OWEN, Government Printer, Wellington.—1953.
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🏛️ Legislative Programme for Current Session
🏛️ Governance & Central AdministrationLegislation, Taxation, Education, Transport, Safety, Waterfront Industry, Gaming, Mining, Agriculture, Courts-martial, Armed Forces, Government Property
- R. E. Owen, Government Printer