SpeechMARK PATTERSON (NZ First): I rise on behalf of New Zealand First to also support this Regulatory Systems (Transport) Amendment Bill. It is a good common-sense bill. I think it gives the Minister some additional regulatory-making powers. And of course one of the main aims of this is safety—so we can respond to safety developments—and we've had a strong focus on investing in road safety during this course of Government and budgeted accordingly. It gives the Minister powers to create what are called transport instruments" which will allow him to do a number of things and build some flexibility into the system. I note the Opposition have been looking to set a bonfire under regulation but sometimes regulations are important and these ones here look to give the Minister some powers to cut through some red tape and make it easier to bring in some common-sense measures—things like giving the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) some flexibility to grant exemptions around drivers' licences. We know that for shift workers—maybe for drivers on learners' licences restricted licences there's a 10 p.m. curfew. It gives the NZTA a much easier pathway to creating exemptions and we know for our shift workers with the likes of our dairy farmers that are working long hours or our agricultural contractors having those sorts of common-sense regulations brought in will be welcome.It also looks to reduce compliance costs. And of course we're a Government relentlessly focused on driving down costs for business. Also it looks at the make-up of the Crown agency boards and does allow as the previous speaker Mr Falloon alluded to the boards to be larger boards—no more nine for NZTA. The Civil Aviation Authority increased to seven. In terms of the NZTA of course they've had this massive massive boost with our infrastructure package—that $12 billion. They're going to be heavily called upon to bring that package to bear and so having the capacity to increase that board should it be required does seem a relatively sensible measure. And it also I note has the provision to increase fines within the Maritime Transport Act and bring them into scale with some of the other Acts. That seems appropriate as we look to be consistent there and we have to have a system that allows for some measure of making sure there's some adherence to the law some consequences if you're breaking the law. So we welcome the increase around Maritime Transport Act fines if they come to bear. It also increases the time potentially that police have to impound a vehicle—I believe it's seven days now—and police often have to work through weekends or whatever to work through their prosecution process. This gives them a wee bit more leeway—just small measures like that that do make a big difference.And finally also the small issue of the Chatham Islands which I note Mr Falloon dubbed a "slight oversight". I'm sure the good citizens of the Chatham Islands will be outraged that they were overlooked in the previous 2013 legislation. It is absolutely important that they are made to feel a part—as of course they are—of this country and it is actually quite a slight to overlook them completely in that previous 2013 legislation. So we will put that right wrong—or that wrong right actually! So it's not a slight oversight but it is a slight that we will remediate. So with that in mind New Zealand First will look forward to supporting this legislation through to the select committee. There will be a lot of detail in this for the select committee to work through and we look forward to assisting them to do that. Thank you Mr Speaker."