Visiting Forces Bill

This Bill replaces the Visiting Forces Act 1939 with an Act that updates and amends the law relating to visiting forces and enables New Zealand to give effect to status of forces agreements concluded with other states.

Bill Events

Event	Date		Ayes	Noes	Abstentions
Royal Assent	1 Jul 2004
Third Reading	29 Jun 2004		n/a *	n/a *	n/a *
In Committee	12 May 2004
Second Reading	11 May 2004		n/a *	n/a *	n/a *
SC Reports	31 Mar 2004	The Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee reported on this bill.
Submissions Due	13 Feb 2004
First Reading	20 Nov 2003		n/a *	n/a *	n/a *
Introduction	17 Nov 2003

* We don't have voting data from before Nov 2005 in our database at present.