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No 188 House of Representatives Supplementary Order Paper Thursday, 14 March 2013 Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill Proposed amendments Rt Hon Winston Peters, in Committee, to move the following amendments: Clause 2 Replace clause 2 (lines 1 to 7 on page 2) with: 2 (1) (2) (3) (4) Commencement Sections 5C and 5D commence on the day after the date of Royal assent.
If the Electoral Commission makes a declaration that a major- ity of the valid votes cast in the commencement referendum favour the commencement of this Act, the rest of this Act com- mences on— (a) the date that is 12 months after the date of the declar- ation; or an earlier date that is after the date of the declaration, appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Coun- cil.
(b) If the Electoral Commission makes a declaration that a major- ity of the valid votes cast in the commencement referendum do not favour the commencement of this Act, this Act is repealed on the date that is 12 months after the date of the declaration.

In this section and in section 5D, commencement referendum means the referendum of electors required by section 5C.
New clauses 5C and 5D After clause 5B (lines 29 to 31 on page 2), insert: 5C Commencement referendum (1) On the day appointed for the polling to take place for the gen- eral election that is the next general election to be held under 1 SOP No 188 Proposed amendments to Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill the Electoral Act 1993 after 1 July 2013, a referendum of elect- ors must be held on the question in subsection (2).
The wording of the question is “Should the Marriage (Defin- ition of Marriage) Act 2013 be brought into force?” The permitted responses to the proposal in subsection (2) are “yes” or “no”.
(2) (3) 5D Conduct of commencement referendum The commencement referendum must be conducted in accord- ance with Part 2 of the Electoral Referendum Act 2010,— (a) (b) as if that Act had not expired; and as if the question to be answered and the permitted an- swers were those prescribed by section 5C; and as if the referendum were a binding referendum; and (c) (d) with any further necessary modifications.

Explanatory note This Supplementary Order Paper replaces Supplementary Order Paper No 183.
This Supplementary Order Paper would require a referendum to be held concur- rently with the next election before this Bill could come into force.

This proposal also considers the significant cost savings for a referendum accompanying a gen- eral election.

New Zealand First believes every New Zealander has the right to decide on this important social issue, and this conscience issue requires greater public mandate beyond parliamentary representatives.
A referendum is the most legitimate way to indicate a clear choice made by New Zealanders.

The referendum question will be clear on whether the Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Act 2013 should come into force.

By aligning the referendum with the next general election a reasonable period will be allowed for public debate on the issue.
This Supple- mentary Order Paper will mean that if the “yes” vote wins the referendum the Bill will come into force 12 months after the referendum or at an earlier time specified by Order in Council.

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