66Statement of Treaty compatibility

66 Statement of Treaty compatibility

(1) A member of Parliament who proposes to introduce a Bill into the Parliament must cause a statement of Treaty compatibility to be prepared in respect of that Bill.

(2) A member of each House must cause the statement of Treaty compatibility prepared under subsection (1) to be laid before that House before the second reading speech on the Bill is given.

(3) A statement of Treaty compatibility must state—

(a) whether the First Peoples' Assembly was given an opportunity to advise on the Bill or the First Peoples' Assembly otherwise made representations about the effect of the Bill on First Peoples; and

(b) the nature and timing of any opportunity to advise and the nature and timing of any representations; and

(c) in the member's opinion, the extent to which the Bill is consistent with any advice given or representations made; and

(d) whether, in the member's opinion, the Bill is compatible with—

(i) advancing the inherent rights and self‑determination of First Peoples; and

(ii) addressing the unacceptable disadvantage inflicted on First Peoples by the historic wrongs and ongoing injustices of colonisation; and

(iii) ensuring the equal enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms by First Peoples; and

These matters are included in the objects of this Act—see section 2(1)(c) and (d).

(e) if, in the member's opinion, any part of the Bill is incompatible with paragraph (d)(i), (ii) or (iii), the nature and extent of that incompatibility.