Dean Jacqui: Rugby World Cup 2011 (Empowering) Bill — In Committee 
Dean Jacqui: Rugby World Cup 2011 (Empowering) Bill — In Committee 
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JACQUI DEAN (National—Waitaki) 
: 
 Speaking to Part 2 of the Rugby World Cup 2011 (Empowering) Bill gives me the opportunity to congratulate my colleague the Hon Dr Nick Smith on the excellent work he has been doing in his electorate of Nelson together with the host city of Nelson for the Rugby World Cup. As I have previously outlined the city of Nelson is hosting the teams from Italy and the United States of America. I congratulate the Hon Dr Nick Smith on the excellent work he has done as the local member of Parliament with the local authority to make this event happen for Nelson. That kind of commitment from a local member of Parliament is being replicated all throughout the South Island at least by colleagues on this side of the House and also in the North Island by the many constituency MPs located in the North Island. It will ensure that the Rugby World Cup will be a raging success. I hope that Nelson has a roaring time hosting a couple of games and a couple of teams and that it will make the very most of the opportunity it has grasped with the assistance of its local member of Parliament. It will make this Rugby World Cup a success for Nelson. 
The Government Administration Committee spent a lot of time in consideration on Part 2 of the Rugby World Cup 2011 (Empowering) Bill which establishes the Rugby World Cup Authority. This authority is being given temporary powers and I need to restate that they are temporary powers. I think at this point in time that it would be good to remind ourselves of the purpose of this bill which seems to have escaped members opposite. The purpose of this bill—[ 
Interruption 
] That got them going did it not? Just like that I talk about the purpose of the Rugby World Cup 2011 (Empowering) Bill—those members are not in Government and that makes them really cross. Anyway the purpose of this bill which we should remind ourselves of is to allow consent and regulatory approvals for temporary activities related to Rugby World Cup 2011 to be considered expediently to align with the— 
Hon Members 
: Expeditiously. 
JACQUI DEAN 
: —expeditiously expediently whatever—we are in favour of it. Unfortunately members opposite are a little ambivalent. But however one says it members of the Government side know exactly what it means. We want the Rugby World Cup 2011 to happen. We know that it will happen. 
In the consideration by the Government Administration Committee those of us who had an open mind on this bill spent a lot of time talking about not only the functions of the authority but also and probably more important the membership of the authority. If members go to clause 11 they will see that the Minister must appoint “a member of the Authority who is a current former or retired Judge or a lawyer of at least 7 years’ standing” to be the deputy chairperson of the authority. We then spent a lot of time thinking about the skills that would be required by members of the authority. Paragraphs (a) (b) (c) and (d) of clause 11(3) describe those members and rather than describe the person we have described the qualities. The members’ knowledge skill and experience relating to enactments relevant or likely to be relevant to those functions is what matters. 
A key point is the matters that are likely to come before the authority. What matters are likely to come before the authority? It might be a road stopping. In fact it is probably likely to be a road stopping because there will be a desire to have a fan zone in the city of Nelson or in the towns of Oamaru and Temuka where I know that the excellent member Jo Goodhew is working very hard with her local constituency to make this event a great success. A road stopping is one might think a fairly minor matter but it will be very crucial to the smooth running of this event. It is the kind of consideration that the members of this authority will need to be familiar with. Under clause 11(3)(c) and (d) the members of the authority must be familiar with the regions where the tournament will take place. Members of the authority must also be familiar with the judicial process. 
A lot of attention was given by members of the committee to the functions that will be necessary for the smooth running of the Rugby World Cup. Finally in my contribution to this part I will talk about the administrative secretariat.