1: Title
This Act is the Appropriation (2018/19 Supplementary Estimates) Act 2019.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Application
1: Section 7 Schedule 2 Schedule 2
2: The rest of this Act applies to the 2018/19 financial year.
4: Overview
This Act meets the requirements of the Public Finance Act 1989
a: section 6 Schedule 1 see section 4(1)
b: section 7 Schedule 2 see section 10
c: section 8 Schedule 3 see section 12A
5: Interpretation
1: In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— 2018/19 financial year scope shown in the Supplementary Estimates
a: in the case of an appropriation under section 6
i: in the table headed “Annual Appropriations and Forecast Permanent Appropriations”; and
ii: in the column headed Titles and Scopes of Appropriations by Appropriation Type
iii: in the statement directly under the title of the appropriation or, in the case of a multi-category appropriation, under the name of each of the individual categories that are included in the appropriation; and
b: in the case of an appropriation under section 7
i: in the table headed Multi-Year Appropriations
ii: in the column headed Type, Title, Scope and Period of Appropriations
iii: in the statement directly under the title of the appropriation Supplementary Estimates The Supplementary Estimates of Appropriations for the Government of New Zealand for the Year Ending 30 June 2019
2: Terms or expressions used and not defined in this Act but defined in the Public Finance Act 1989
6: Appropriations for 2018/19 financial year
Existing appropriations varied
1: If an appropriation specified in column 3 of Schedule 1 Appropriation (2018/19 Estimates) Act 2018 column 4 of Schedule 1
a: if the amount is in brackets, the appropriation is decreased by that amount; and
b: if the amount is not in brackets, the appropriation is increased by that amount. New appropriations authorised
2: Each amount specified in column 4 of Schedule 1 column 3 of Schedule 1 Other matters concerning appropriations
3: Subsections (1) and (2) apply only to the extent that the appropriation varied or authorised is of a type set out in section 7A(1)
4: The scope of each appropriation varied or authorised by this section is the scope shown in the Supplementary Estimates for the appropriation.
5: Each appropriation varied or authorised by this section includes any expenses and capital expenditure that have been incurred—
a: under any Imprest Supply Act relating to the 2018/19 financial year; and
b: in advance, but within the scope, of the appropriation.
7: Appropriations applying for more than 1 financial year
Existing multi-year appropriations varied
1: If an appropriation specified in column 3 of Schedule 2 column 6 of Schedule 2 column 5 of Schedule 2
a: if the amount is in brackets, the appropriation is decreased by that amount; and
b: if the amount is not in brackets, the appropriation is increased by that amount.
2: The period of the appropriation authorised by section 7 column 4 of Schedule 2 column 3 of Schedule 2
3: The period for the appropriation authorised by section 7 Pike River Recovery column 4 of Schedule 2 column 3 of Schedule 2 New multi-year appropriations authorised
4: Each amount specified in column 5 of Schedule 2 column 3 of Schedule 2 Other matters concerning multi-year appropriations
5: Subsections (1) and (4) apply only to the extent that the appropriation varied or authorised is of a type set out in section 7A(1)
6: The scope of each appropriation varied or authorised by this section is the scope shown in the Supplementary Estimates for the appropriation.
7: Each appropriation varied or authorised by this section—
a: is limited to the period specified in column 4 of Schedule 2
b: includes any expenses and capital expenditure that have been incurred—
i: under any Imprest Supply Act relating to the 2018/19 financial year; and
ii: in advance, but within the scope, of the appropriation. Existing multi-year appropriations revoked
8: The appropriation authorised by section 7 Afforestation Grant Scheme subsection (1)
9: The appropriation authorised by section 7 Forestry and Other Economic Development, and Erosion Control subsection (1)
10: The appropriation authorised by section 7 KiwiBuild Housing subsection (1)
11: The appropriation authorised by subsection (4) Housing Infrastructure Fund Loans
12: The appropriation authorised by section 7 KiwiBuild Capital subsection (1)
13: The appropriation authorised by section 7 Vacant or Underutilised Crown Land Programme subsection (1)
14: The appropriation authorised by section 7 Economic Development: Regional Growth Initiatives (2016 - 2021) subsection (1)
15: The appropriation authorised by section 7 Historical Treaty of Waitangi Settlements 2018 - 2022
8: Capital injections authorised for 2018/19 financial year
Limits of existing authorisations varied
1: If the Appropriation (2018/19 Estimates) Act 2018 column 1 of Schedule 3 column 3 of Schedule 3
a: if the amount is in brackets, the limit is decreased by that amount; and
b: if the amount is not in brackets, the limit is increased by that amount. New capital injections authorised
2: The Crown is authorised to make capital injections during the 2018/19 financial year to each department specified in column 1 of Schedule 3
3: The capital injections authorised by subsection (2) to a department are limited to the amount specified in column 3 of Schedule 3 Capital injections made in advance under Imprest Supply Act included in authorisation
4: Each authorisation varied or given by this section includes any capital injection that has been made—
a: under any Imprest Supply Act relating to the 2018/19 financial year; and
b: in advance of the authorisation.


1: Title
This Act is the Imprest Supply (First for 2019/20) Act 2019.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on 1 July 2019.
3: Repeal of this Act
This Act is repealed on the coming into force of the main Appropriation Act for the 2019/20 year. 2019-09-24 Imprest Supply (First for 2019/20) Act 2019 This Act repealed by the commencement of the Appropriation (2019/20 Estimates) Act 2019 pco=21889 which is 24 September 2019.
4: Purposes
The purposes of this Act are—
a: to authorise expenses and capital expenditure to be incurred by the Crown and Offices of Parliament during the 2019/20 year in advance of appropriation in an Appropriation Act; and
b: to authorise capital injections to be made to departments and Offices of Parliament during the 2019/20 year in advance of authorisation under an Appropriation Act.
5: Interpretation
1: In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— 2019/20 year capital expenditure section 2(1) department section 2(1) expenses section 2(1)
a: capital expenditure incurred by an intelligence and security department; and
b: non-departmental capital expenditure incurred in advance of a multi-category appropriation.
2: Terms or expressions used and not defined in this Act but defined in the Public Finance Act 1989
6: Authority to incur expenses
1: Expenses may, during the 2019/20 year, be incurred in advance of appropriation in relation to any Vote.
2: Expenses incurred under subsection (1) must not exceed in the aggregate the sum of $25,000 million.
7: Authority to incur capital expenditure
1: Capital expenditure may, during the 2019/20 year, be incurred in advance of appropriation in relation to any Vote.
2: Capital expenditure incurred under subsection (1) must not exceed in the aggregate the sum of $3,700 million.
8: Authority to make capital injections
1: Capital injections may, during the 2019/20 year, be made to any department or Office of Parliament in advance of authorisation under an Appropriation Act.
2: Capital injections made under subsection (1) must not exceed in the aggregate the sum of $1,000 million.


1: Title
This Act is the Employment Relations (Triangular Employment) Amendment Act 2019
2: Commencement
1: This Act comes into force on the earlier of the following dates:
a: a date appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council:
b: the date immediately after the expiry of the 12-month period.
2: In this section, the 12-month period
3: Principal Act
This Act amends the Employment Relations Act 2000 principal Act 2020-06-27 Employment Relations Act 2000 unless brought into force earlier by OIC (see section 2(1)(a))
1: Amendments relating to triangular employment
4: Section 5 amended (Interpretation)
In section 5 controlling third party
a: who has a contract or other arrangement with an employer under which an employee of the employer performs work for the benefit of the person; and
b: who exercises, or is entitled to exercise, control or direction over the employee that is similar or substantially similar to the control or direction that an employer exercises, or is entitled to exercise, in relation to the employee
5: Section 103 amended (Personal grievance)
After section 103(3)
4: For the purposes of sections 103B, 115A, and 123A
a: references to the employer were references to the controlling third party; and
b: references to the employee’s employment included work the employee has performed under the control or direction of a controlling third party.
6: New section 103B inserted (Joining controlling third party to personal grievance)
After section 103A
103B: Joining controlling third party to personal grievance
1: This section applies if—
a: an employee has—
i: raised a personal grievance in accordance with section 114; and
ii: applied to the Authority to resolve a personal grievance with the employee’s employer; and
b: the personal grievance relates to an action that is alleged to have occurred while the employee was working under the control or direction of a controlling third party.
2: The employee or the employer, or both, may apply to the Authority or the court to join the controlling third party to the proceedings to resolve the personal grievance.
3: The Authority or the court must grant the application to join a controlling third party if the Authority or the court is satisfied—
a: that the requirement to notify the controlling third party in accordance with section 115A
b: that an arguable case has been made out—
i: that the party to be joined to the proceedings is a controlling third party; and
ii: that the party’s actions caused or contributed to the personal grievance.
4: The Authority or the court may, at any stage of the proceedings, of its own motion join a controlling third party to the proceedings by order.
5: If the Authority or the court joins the controlling third party to the proceedings, the Authority or the court must consider whether to direct the employer, the employee, and the controlling third party to use mediation services to seek to resolve the personal grievance.
7: New section 115A inserted (Notifying controlling third party of personal grievance)
After section 115
115A: Notifying controlling third party of personal grievance
1: For the purposes of section 103B complied with
a: when an employee—
i: considers that the actions of a controlling third party caused or contributed to the personal grievance; and
ii: notifies the controlling third party of that fact within the 90-day employee notification period; or
b: when an employer—
i: considers that the actions of a controlling third party caused or contributed to the personal grievance; and
ii: notifies the controlling third party of that fact within the 90-day employer notification period; or
c: if the controlling third party has consented to being notified under subsection (2)
d: if the Authority has granted leave to notify the controlling third party under subsection (4)
2: Subsection (1)(a) or (b)
3: If the controlling third party does not consent to being notified after the relevant 90-day notification period, the employee or the employer may apply to the Authority for leave to notify the controlling third party after the expiration of that period.
4: On an application under subsection (3)
5: In any case where the Authority grants leave under subsection (4)
6: In this section,— 90-day employee notification period 90-day employer notification period relevant 90-day notification period
8: New section 123A inserted (Remedies where controlling third party caused or contributed to personal grievance)
After section 123
123A: Remedies where controlling third party caused or contributed to personal grievance
1: This section applies if the Authority or the court—
a: determines that an employee has a personal grievance; and
b: has, under section 103B
c: determines that the actions of the controlling third party caused or contributed to the situation that gave rise to the personal grievance.
2: The Authority or the court may, if satisfied that it is just to do so, order the controlling third party to provide to the employee either or both of the remedies in section 123(1)(b) and (c).
3: The Authority or the court must consider the extent to which the actions of the controlling third party caused or contributed to the situation that gave rise to the personal grievance.
4: The Authority or the court must award any remedies against the employer under section 123 and against the controlling third party under subsection (2)
5: The Authority or the court may, if making an order under subsection (2)
6: Subsection (2) subsections (3) to (5)
9: Section 144 amended (Mediation services)
After section 144(1)
1A: For the purposes of this section, employment relationships
10: Section 161 amended (Jurisdiction)
After section 161(1)(e)
ea: joining a controlling third party to a personal grievance under section 103B
2: Further amendment to principal Act
11: Schedule 1AA amended
In Schedule 1AA Schedule