Annex Two: Proposed Legislative Amendments for Inclusion in Omnibus Bill
The amendments proposed to date for the Omnibus Bill relate to:
- the process for renewing design registrations under the Designs Act 1953;
- the ability to update material incorporated by reference within the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 (HSNO);
- combining inspections under the HSNO Act and the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
- the revocation of outdated health and safety regulations;
- the co-regulatory arrangements under the Gas Act 1992 as applied to gas used for feedstock;
- the treatment of liquid petroleum gas (LPG) under both the Weights and Measures Act 1987 and Gas Act 1992;
- the audit requirements for certain classes of New Zealand subsidiaries of overseas-incorporated companies and companies that have 25% or more overseas ownership under the Companies Act 1993;
- resolving administrative errors for commercial fishers under the Fisheries Act 1996;
- removing duplicated penalty regimes for commercial fishers under the MAF Restructuring Act 1995 and the Fisheries Act 1996;
- amending current concessions provisions and clarifying contestable processes under the Conservation Act 1987;
- clarifying requirements for the renewal of permits under the Marine Mammals Protection Regulations 1992;
- amendments to the Health and Safety in Employment (Pressure Equipment, Cranes and Passenger Ropeways) Regulations 1999 to resolve coverage issues with respect to compressed gas cylinders, and low hazard aerosols and cartridges;
- amendments to the HSNO Act 1996 to allow:
- flexibility in delegating decision-making powers for relevant matters;
- rapid assessment and delegation of non-GMO new organism containment applications and conditional release applications;
- discretion to notify hazardous substance release applications;
- flexibility to enable text certifiers to issue a provisional location test certificate, subject to specified conditions;
- greater official access to the test certificate register for emergency response planning purposes;
- linking reassessment and group standard amendments including provision of a mechanisms for minor or technical amendments to group standards;
- empower Biosecurity New Zealand to recover costs of conditional release compliance and enforcement under the Biosecurity Act;
- remove additional reporting requirements;
- extend the Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) to revoke test certificates;
- enable ERMA to prescribe what organisms are "not new" and/or "risk species"; and
- rationalise and align the lengths of time to lay information for offences under the HSNO and related Acts;
- revocation of the following outdated health regulations:
- Chiropractors Orders 2002 and 2003;
- Medicines (Deferral of Expiry of part 7A) Order 2003;
- Toxic Substances Act Commencement Orders 1979 and 1983
- Medical Practitioners Amendment Act Commencement Order 1996 (SR 1996/115;
- Practicing Opticians Notice 1955;
- The Noxious Substances Notices 1958 (SR 1958/83) and 1959 (SR 1959/84);
- Mental Hospitals Road Traffic bylaws 1960; and
- Porirua Hospital Traffic Bylaws 1969.
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