New Zealand Gazette – 1993 – No. 124

Page 2469

✨ Bills Introduced



NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

19 AUGUST

2469

Bills Introduced

Government Bills

(Minister/Member in Charge shown in parenthesis)

14 August 1993

Veterinarians
(Hon John Falloon)
... Primary Production

Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Amendment
(Hon Jenny Shipley)
... Social Services

12 August 1993

Criminal Justice Amendment (No. 2)
(Hon D A M Graham)
... Justice and Law Reform

Private Bills

12 August 1993

Countrywide Banking Corporation Limited
(Hon Richard Prebble)
... Justice and Law Reform

Ngati Rarua-Atiawa Iwi Trust Empowering
(Hon Doug Kidd)
... Maori Affairs

Summary of Bills Introduced

Veterinarians

Replaces the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1956 and repeals the Veterinary Services Act 1946. It includes provision for:

  • Restrictions on who may be called a veterinarian;
  • Annual retention certificates for registered veterinarians and minimum standards for continued registration;
  • Qualifications required for registration as a veterinarian and the procedure for registration;
  • Procedures for making complaints against veterinarians, for initial investigation of complaints and for disciplinary proceedings against veterinarians;
  • Suspension for disability;
  • Establishment of a Veterinary Council of New Zealand, a Complaints Assessment Committee and the establishment of a judicial committee;
  • Appeals against decisions of the Council; and
  • Various repeals and dissolutions, and transitional provisions.

This bill is to come into force on 1 August 1994.

Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Amendment

Amends the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989. The amendments implement, in part, the recommendations of the ministerial review team on the principal Act (the “Mason Report”) presented to the Government in February 1992, and makes various other amendments to the principal Act.

The bill includes provisions relating to:

  • Paramountcy of the welfare and interests of the child or young person;
  • Reporting of child abuse, including mandatory reporting for certain groups of persons;
  • Unaccompanied children and young persons;
  • Services orders and support orders;
  • Psychological examinations;
  • Reports by social workers;
  • Informing of rights before questioning by an enforcement officer;
  • Role of the nominated adult when a statement is being taken or a child or young person is being questioned;
  • Waiving of youth justice family group conferences in certain cases;
  • Consultation with victims in relation to the holding of family group conferences, and support for victims at the conferences; and
  • Iwi Social Services and Cultural Social Services.

Countrywide Banking Corporation Limited

Transfers to Countrywide Banking Corporation Limited the undertaking of United Bank Limited and provides for the dissolution of United Bank Limited.



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🏛️ Introduction of Government and Private Bills

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
14 August 1993
Bills, Legislation, Parliament, Veterinarians, Children, Young Persons, Criminal Justice, Banking, Iwi Trust
  • Hon John Falloon
  • Hon Jenny Shipley
  • Hon D A M Graham
  • Hon Richard Prebble
  • Hon Doug Kidd

🌾 Summary of Veterinarians Bill

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Veterinarians, Registration, Veterinary Council, Complaints, Disciplinary Proceedings

🏥 Summary of Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Amendment Bill

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Child Welfare, Child Abuse, Social Services, Family Group Conferences, Iwi Social Services

🏭 Summary of Countrywide Banking Corporation Limited Bill

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Banking, Corporation, Dissolution, United Bank Limited