Update on Compulsory Tikanga for law Students

House to debate the issue next Wednesday

I explained in Move to disallow part of tikanga Regs that the effect of the MP Joseph Mooney’s notice of motion was to remove from the regulations the requirement for the teaching and assessment of the general principles and practices of tikanga Māori | Māori laws and philosophy to be included in The Legal System, The Law of Contracts, The Law of Torts, Criminal Law, Public Law, Property Law and Legal Ethics.

But, in accord with the Committee’s report the standalone tikanga subject remains in the regulations.

This is in today's Parliamentary Order Paper:

25    Member's notice of motion No 1 Disallowance of provisions in Professional Examinations in Law Regulations 2008 - SO 329 To be debated next members' day 1 hour (Business Committee determination)

I am told it will be debated next Wednesday, 21 May.

The Legislation Act 2019 provides

117Secondary legislation disallowed if House of Representatives does not dispose of motion to disallow

(1) Secondary legislation, or a provision of secondary legislation, to which this subpart applies is disallowed if—

(a)a member of the Committee of the House of Representatives responsible for the review of secondary legislation gives notice of a motion to disallow it; and

(b)none of the following happens before the deadline:

(i)the notice is withdrawn:

(ii)the House disposes of the motion:

(iii)Parliament is dissolved or expires.

(2) Legislation disallowed under this section ceases to have effect on the later of—

(a)the deadline; and

(b)any date stated in the notice of motion as the date on which the legislation ceases to have effect.

(3) In this section, the deadline is the close of the 21st sitting day after the giving of the notice of motion.

My understanding is that, after the debate, there will be a vote and the motion to disallow will be disposed of either by its acceptance or rejection. A third possibility is, I suppose that there will not be a vote, i.e., it will not be "disposed of," in which case the regulation will cease to have effect to the extent indicated in the notice of motion, once the deadline is reached.