Lotu-Iiga Sam: Third Readings —Text is incorporated into the Bound VolumeLotu-Iiga Sam: Third Readings —[Sitting date: 19 March 2015. Volume:704;Page:2471. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Hon Peseta SAM LOTU-IIGA (Minister of Corrections)on behalf of theAssociate Minister of Justice: I move That the Animal Welfare Amendment Bill (No 2) the Antarctica (Environmental Protection) Amendment Bill the Biosecurity Amendment Bill the Births Deaths Marriages and Relationships Registration Amendment Bill the Commodity Levies Amendment Bill the Copyright Amendment Bill the Forests Amendment Bill the Friendly Societies and Credit Unions Amendment Bill the Governor-General Amendment Billthe Heavy Engineering Research Levy Amendment Billthe Judicial Conduct Commissioner and Judicial Conduct Panel Amendment Billthe Land Transport Amendment Billthe Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 Amendment Billthe Local Electoral Amendment Billthe Local Government Act 1974 Amendment Billthe Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Billthe Local Government (Auckland Council) Amendment Billthe Local Government Official Information and Meetings Amendment Billthe Marine Mammals Protection Amendment Billthe Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 1978 Amendment Billthe National Animal Identification and Tracing Amendment Billthe National Parks Amendment Billthe Ngāti Manuhiri Claims Settlement Amendment Billthe Official Information Amendment Billthe Ombudsmen Amendment Billthe Pork Industry Board Amendment Billthe Reserves Amendment Billthe Sale and Supply of Alcohol Amendment Billthe Sentencing Amendment Billthe Summary Proceedings Amendment Billthe Tariff Amendment Billthe Tokelau (Territorial Sea and Exclusive Economic Zone) Amendment Billthe Trade in Endangered Species Amendment Billthe Wildlife Amendment Billthebe now read a third time.By their nature statutes amendment bills do not address significant policy matters as you have heard. The amendments proposed must be technical short and non-controversial. Crucially though it means it must have the support of all members of this House. However statutes amendment bills are an important part of the Government’s legislative programme. They make amendments that individually would not receive the priority needed to be progressed but they allow us to keep law up to date accurate and fair.As has already been stated this afternoon the legislation does amend 34 Acts administered by eight different Government agencies. Some of the objectives achieved by the amendments in this legislation include firstly clarifying that the request for official information may be communicated in any form. Secondly it gives Auckland Transport the functions and powers of an enforcement authority in relation to prosecuting infringement offences for public transport fare evasion putting Auckland Transport on the same footing as other regional councils. It also allows every properly authorised enforcement officer to execute a search warrant under several regulatory regimes such as the Animal Welfare Act and the Biosecurity Act. It also extends the protection of Antarctic flora and fauna thereby allowing New Zealand to fully implement its international obligations under the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty. We also heard earlier today how the legislation allows the Judicial Conduct Commissioner to refer a complaint to their deputy for investigation to allow for more efficient processing of those complaints. It also clarifies when an infringement reminder notice is deemed to be served on a defendant as you will know. One of the other things this legislation does is it allows the Ombudsman to refuse to formally investigate a complaint if preliminary inquiries show it is unnecessary to allow for a more timely and efficient complaints resolution.A number of people have been instrumental in the passage of the Statutes Amendment Bill (No 4) and I want to thank members—all members across this House—of the Government Administration Committee as well as the Ministry of Justice officials who assisted them in progressing this legislation through the House. May I also thank those who submitted on the legislation for their useful and well-thought-out considered submissions. Finally I want to thank all parliamentary parties for their backing of the amendments contained in this legislation. I commend all these bills to this House.