New Zealand Infrastructure Commission/Te Waihanga Amendment Bill
This bill changes what the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission is allowed to do when it comes to individual building projects. Right now the Commission can provide hands-on support services to infrastructure projects, but that job has already moved to other government bodies. This bill makes the law match that reality by removing the support role and replacing it with an advisory role — meaning the Commission will give advice on projects rather than directly helping run them.
What this affects
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The government body that helps plan big building and infrastructure projects will now give advice on those projects instead of directly supporting them.
to provide advice in relation to current and proposed infrastructure projects
Shifting its role in infrastructure projects from supporting to advisory will allow it to focus on large, complex challenges, at-risk projects, and programme reviews where additional advice is needed by Government
Progress through Parliament
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