Auchinvole Chris: Statutes Amendment Bill (No 4) — First ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeAuchinvole Chris: Statutes Amendment Bill (No 4) — First Reading[Sitting date: 16 April 2014. Volume:698;Page:17340. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]CHRIS AUCHINVOLE (National): What a wonderful dissertation that was from our Opposition colleague Andrew Little! I am surprised that he could speak at such length without actually referring to very much in the bill at all. It was masterful it was an achievement but I am not sure that it was one he should be proud of.I am in fact very proud to be speaking to the Statutes Amendment Bill (No 4) in the House this afternoon. This is a good housekeeping bill that points to the National Government’s continuous aim for increased efficiency in procedure and acompletist’s eye for detail in making sure that the laws already passed move from adequate to excellent.Just to take one example out of so many amendments—there are 33 sets of amendments in fact in this omnibus bill—we have the amendments to the National Animal Identification and Tracing Act 2012. One of the reasons that New Zealand went into mainframe computers was to process animal records through our efficient herd improvement system which is organised through the New Zealand Dairy Board. A large part of that was for animal identification procedures. The bill’s explanatory note states that Part 20 amends section 10 of the National Animal Identification and Tracing Act 2012. This purpose of this modification the explanatory note states is to enable “the NAIT organisation to contract out its compliance and enforcement functions”.Section 10 of the principal Act as it currently stands is about the functions duties and powers of National Animal Identification and Tracing organisations. By amending this section the bill will support the work to be completed efficiently and effectively by the best people for the job both in-house and contractors. So the National Government will again be supporting the continued growth efficiency and modernisation of this primary industry organisation by removing unnecessary red tape that may slow down the growth of this vital industry in New Zealand’s economy—and vital it is.This is just one of the 33 sets of amendments—33 Acts are amended by this bill—that our verging-on-brilliant colleague and Associate Minister of Justice Chester Borrows has brought in with this bill. This example of the determination of this Government to promote excellence in our workplaces by cutting through red tape and supporting the most efficient road to get the job done shows what a contrast National’s priorities are with the Opposition’s and thank goodness—thank goodness.This bill is a really good example albeit in lacking in drama of one of National’s four priorities: to deliver better public services for New Zealand and New Zealanders. Part of that is in running an effective and efficient Government. It is another example of cutting through thelabyrinthian and miasmic maze of legislative jargon to bring this into a more understandable lexicon and it is a clearer and more transparent expression of the laws and regulations that we live by. I commend this bill to the House.