Overseas Investment (Forestry) Amendment Bill [pdf, 228 KB]
...provisions to ensure their workability and clarity. Consistency of the Bill with the Bill of Rights Act Section 19 – Freedom from discrimination 9. Section 19(1) of the Bill of Rights Act affirms the right to be free from discrimination. The Human Rights Act 1993 provides that ethnic or national origins, which includes nationality or citizenship, is a prohibited ground of discrimination.1 10. The key question, in assessing whether there is a limit on the right to freedom from...