Urgency

Hon GERRY BROWNLEE (Leader of the House) Link to this

I move, That urgency be accorded Government order of the day No. 1, the introduction and passing of the Local Government (Auckland Reorganisation) Bill, and the introduction and first readings of the Local Government (Auckland Council) Bill and the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill. These bills are those that the Government believes should be progressed with some haste. The first bill—the introduction and passing through all stages of the Local Government (Auckland Reorganisation) Bill—facilitates the transitional arrangements that are to apply to Auckland City as it goes through the process of merging into one council. For the second bill, the Local Government (Auckland Council) Bill, which is the bill that will set out the size of the council and the nature of the electoral arrangements for the council, etc., the motion relates to the introduction and first reading, and referral to a select committee. That bill will be considered by a special select committee to be set up under the motion that is Government order of the day No. 1.