Parliamentary Notices

Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives

Citizens Initiated Referenda Act 1993

Notice of Withdrawal of Proposal for Indicative Referendum Petition

I hereby give notice that Dennis Ian Crisp, the promoter of an indicative referendum petition which read:

“Do you believe that New Zealand should hold a binding referendum on whether we should replace MMP by a return to first-past-the-post elections?”

has withdrawn that proposal.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of January 2001.

D. G. McGEE, Clerk of the House of Representatives.

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Private Bills

The Sydenham Money Club Bill

Friendly Societies and Credit Unions Act 1982

The Sydenham Money Club Bill
Notice of Intention to Apply for Leave to Introduce a Private Bill

Take notice that The Sydenham Money Club (“the club”), a body registered under the Friendly Societies and Credit Unions Act 1982, intends to promote a Private Bill.

The objects of the Bill are to:

• Place a scheme before the members of the club for conversion of the club into a building society, that scheme to include the allocation to members of rights to shares in the building society;
• Ensure continuity of the rights and obligations of the club when converted into a building society;
• Allow exemptions from certain procedural requirements of the Building Societies Act 1965 to facilitate the conversion of the club into a building society.

The promoter of the Bill is The Sydenham Money Club.

The address to which communications about the Bill may be sent is to:

The Sydenham Money Club, P.O. Box 7008, Christchurch (Attention: Kyran Newell).

A copy of the Bill may be inspected during office hours, in accordance with Appendix B to the Standing Orders of the House of Representatives at the District Court, 282 Durham Street, Christchurch.

A copy of the Bill is also available for inspection at the offices of:

The Sydenham Money Club, 387 Colombo Street, Christchurch; or
Chapman Tripp Sheffield Young, Price Waterhouse Centre, 119 Armagh Street, Christchurch.

The Sydenham Money Club, per:
KYRAN NEWELL.

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New Zealand Stock Exchange Restructuring Bill

Notice of Intention to Promote a Private Bill

The New Zealand Stock Exchange (NZSE) gives notice that it intends to promote a Private Bill, the New Zealand Stock Exchange Restructuring Bill (“the Bill”), by petitioning the House of Representatives (“the House”) that the Bill be introduced into the House.

The objects of the Bill are to:

• Enable the determination of the qualifying members’ ownership entitlements in the NZSE;
• Provide a mechanism for the conversion of the NZSE into a company, if the NZSE members so determine; and
• Enable the NZSE members to determine whether all the property, rights and liabilities of the NZSE will vest on the restructuring day in the company or a named wholly owned subsidiary of the company.

The promoter of the Bill is the NZSE.

The address to which communications about the Bill may be sent is the New Zealand Stock Exchange, P.O. Box 2959, Wellington (Attention: Philippe Leloir).

A copy of the Bill may be inspected during office hours, in accordance with clause 7 of Appendix B to the Standing Orders of the House, at the District Court, 43-49 Ballance Street, Wellington.

A copy of the Bill is also available for inspection at the offices of the solicitors to the promoter, Chapman Tripp Sheffield Young, Sixth Floor, 1-13 Grey Street, Wellington.

The New Zealand Stock Exchange, per:
W. P. FOSTER, Managing Director.

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