Hipango HareteHARETE HIPANGO (National—Whanganui): Kia ora. Thank you Madam Chair and also to the Minister seated beside you Kris Faafoi to acknowledge you in this role. In speaking to the committee of the whole House in relation to this I just remind the Minister courteously that there was mention made that this is a Labour Government or Government bill. I certainly heed and acknowledge that it is before the Labour-led Government in relation to the sailing through of this—the transmission of this—to its final passage in the third reading but I'm just going to traverse the legislative history as is noted here in the Maritime Powers Extension Bill as reported from the Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee which I've had the privilege and also the experience of substituting and sitting in on.On the last page page 17 under Legislative history" it says the introduction of the bill was on 27 June 2018. We heed that the Labour-led Government came into power last year; however this is a piece of legislation and an idea that has sailed through from the National-led Government. It was taken to the first reading and the referral to the select committee the Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee on 3 July. It came before the House for its second reading on 13 September and here we are. So it's about how smoothly this may transition and sail through to the third reading.I just mention that this bill having come before the select committee it was noted that there be a report back to the House stating obviously the changes to the existing law which is under the Customs and Excise Act 2018 and the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 and proposed minor drafting changes for that in terms of clarity and consistency. So I invite members in the Chamber should you have a copy of the bill before you to turn to those specifically the headings in clause 4.Clause 4 is at page 3 of the reported copy of the bill that we have and for the benefit of those who have a copy of the bill itself before them it would be at page 3. So I'm going to speak to—for I think ease of reference—that which was reported from the select committee around the proposed amendments; so at page 3 of that report the insertion under clause 4 of a cross-heading which is "Drugs smuggling outside New Zealand etc". So is the chair comfortable with the member and other members of the committee referring to that? In clause 4 it makes reference there to "Powers for dealing with drugs smuggling outside New Zealand etc".We can turn over now to new schedule 5A which details from page 11 onwards the powers specifically granted to those enforcement officers when dealing with drug smuggling. I invite the Minister to consider that in relation to those powers from page 11 of the bill through to page 17 including "Supplementary provisions". Is this aligned somewhat similarly with the Search and Surveillance Act and the powers there that empower our police officers in relation to the acts and powers of search and seizure? I take it that the officials who have worked on that have cross-referenced appropriately the Customs and Excise Act and also just in light of the fact that there are these powers detailed which are powers of investigation powers of arrest powers of detention and powers of forfeiture. So we have here empowering search and seizure - type laws.So it's really just a matter for the Minister to turn his mind to in considering that consistency. However appropriately this is about the extension of powers for our enforcement officers in relation to drug smuggling that happens on the maritime seas outside New Zealand chartable navigated waters into the scope of international waters and also beyond those waters. So I invite the Minister to perhaps take some advice as to whether there may be some inconsistencies around the powers that are being granted to our officials in relation to the search the seizure the forfeiture and also the other miscellaneous provisions. Thank you for your ear time. Kia ora."