Mark RonHon RON MARK (Minister of Defence): Thank you Madam Deputy Speaker. I rise to take a short call on behalf of my colleague Clayton Mitchell and New Zealand First just to indicate that New Zealand First will of course be supporting this Statutes Amendment Bill (No 2).It's interesting; I learnt a long time ago when I very first came to Parliament that it's sometimes quite fascinating to trawl through what are clearly amendments to legislation that the entire House considers to be technical and of a non-controversial nature. It is sometimes interesting to have a trawl through to see exactly what has been covered off by other members of one's caucus who have spokesman roles and indeed by Ministers who have responsibilities for these various pieces of legislation that have been moved generally as we know to tidy up to fix loopholes to tidy gaps to clarify interpretation and law and to make sure that unintended consequences and inaccuracies are dealt with. And it's really interesting when you go through this particular bill the broad range of topics that are covered—everything from the Animal Welfare Act to the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act the Biosecurity Act the Care of Children Act the Child Support Act the Companies Act the Coroners Act the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act the Crown Proceedings Act the District Court Act the Domestic Violence Act the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Act the Family Proceedings Act the Films Videos and Publications Classification Act the Government Superannuation Fund Act the Housing Corporation Act—it pretty much covers the entire ambit for which the Government is responsible. I'm not sure but probably the Minister of Defence is the only one who doesn't have a statute amendment in here.But that said within the Defence Force we clearly have an interest in what is happening in the area of financing terrorism and countering the financing of terrorism. So I did have a quick scan at Part 1A clauses 4A through to 4F which cover off the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009. And it's clear from that piece of legislation that the Government with the support of all parties in the House is just tidying up what appears to be a small gap a small loop or indeed an area that needs clarifying particularly in the area of where a partnership is involved. The particular section that's been amended is section 56 in clause 4B and the new subsection of substance that I'm looking at is new subsection (5) which states Despite subsections (2) to (4) if a reporting entity is a partnership—(a) the partnership may designate one of the partners as an AML/CFT compliance officer to administer and maintain its AML/CFT programme irrespective of whether the partnership has or does not have employees; and"—and I guess that's just a tidying up to make sure that people aren't allowed to be left out because they simply do not have employees—"(b) the partnership so designated must report to another partner designated for the purpose of receiving those reports by the partnership." That clearly puts the onus back on that company back within that company within the partnership to make sure that they are compliant with the general thrust of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009—probably a very good thing.It is interesting to note there are adjustments in there for the Biosecurity Act—even dare I say it the old plumbers and gasfitters get a mention in here. I guess that every tradie throughout New Zealand has stopped work downed tools gone to their device and pulled up the bill and is checking to see what the heck Parliament is doing to them under the Plumbers Gasfitters and Drainlayers Act 2006. I can just tell the guys "Go back to your smoko. Carry on chaps; it's no biggie. It's just a technical tidy-up in the legislation." I just want to compliment all the Ministers for their diligence in bringing these small technical amendments to the House and I look forward to making progress. Thank you very much Madam Deputy Speaker.Bill read a second time."