Index
A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P Q R S T V W
Absence of Governor-General, 1.17
Accommodation expenses see Travel and accommodation expenses
Accountability documents in public service, 3.9
Acting Ministers, 2.39-2.42
Acts, responsibility for the administration of, 2.32, 7.33
Address in Reply debate, 6.42, 7.5
Administrator of the Government, 1.17
Advertising, government see Government advertising
Affidavits by Ministers, 4.29
Agendas
Appointments
- Associate Ministers, 2.33
- chief executives and senior officers, 3.22-3.25
- Deputy Prime Minister, 2.13
- Executive Councillors, 1.23-1.24
- Governor-General, 1.2
- judiciary, 4.8
- Ministers, 2.15-2.17, 6.47
- Parliamentary Under-Secretaries, 2.45
- pre-election period, 6.9
- Prime Minister, 1.23, 2.2, 6.51
- Secretary of the Cabinet/Clerk of the Executive Council, 5.81
Appropriations, 2.23, 2.25, 5.65
Archives New Zealand
- Cabinet records, 8.90
- depositing ministerial records, 8.92-8.93, 8.95, 8.100-8.102
- depositing Ministers' private or personal papers, 8.99
- public access to archived ministerial records, 8.102-8.111
Associate Ministers, 2.33-2.38
- assignment of responsibilities by Prime Minister, 2.31, 2.33
- attending Cabinet committee meetings, 2.38
- delegated responsibilities, 2.32, 2.34-2.36
- public statements, 2.36
- role and responsibilities, 2.33-2.36
- submitting papers to Cabinet or Cabinet committees, 2.37
Attorney-General
- absence or incapacity, 4.10-4.11
- collective responsibility, 4.4
- law officer role, 4.3-4.5
- legal proceedings involving Crown, 4.6-4.7
- link between judiciary and government, 4.8
- New Zealand Bill of Rights Act vetting, 4.3, 7.62
- Official Information Act 1982, application, 8.19
- releasing legal advice, 4.65-4.68
- role and functions, 4.2-4.11
- role in litigation against Ministers, 4.6-4.7, 4.41-4.42, 4.47-4.48
Australian Standing Council meetings, attendance, 2.104
Awards see Honours system
Bills, 7.19-7.76
- amendments to, 7.67-7.73
- approval process, 7.50-7.52
- Cabinet consideration, 7.50-7.52
- caucus consideration, 7.54-7.56
- compliance with legal principles and obligations, 7.60-7.62
- confidentiality, 7.44
- consultation, 7.24-7.45
- consultation time frames and processes, 7.43-7.45
- consultation with non-government parliamentary parties and independent members of Parliament, 7.29, 7.57-7.59
- definition of "Minister" or "department" contained within, 7.33
- development process, 7.19-7.45
- drafting, 7.46-7.47
- drafting instructions, 7.48-7.49
- financial veto, 5.70, 7.123-7.125
- fiscal implications and Crown's financial veto, 5.70, 7.123-7.125
- Inland Revenue Department, 7.47
- Law Commission work programme, 7.16-7.18
- law reform bills, 7.63
- Legislation Advisory Committee, 7.37-7.38
- Legislation Coordinator, 7.2, 7.15
- Legislation Design Committee, 7.34-7.36
- legislative priorities see Legislation programme
- local bills, 7.73-7.75
- members' bills, 7.73-7.76
- message from the Governor-General, 7.75
- Ministry of Justice role, 7.62
- New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, consistency, 7.31
- non-government bills, 7.73-7.76
- omnibus bills, 7.63-7.66
- Parliamentary Counsel Office, 7.46-7.49
- policy changes after introduction, 7.67-7.72
- policy development, 7.20-7.22
- private bills, 7.73-7.75
- regulatory impact statements, 5.71, 7.23, 7.32
- rights and prerogatives of the Crown affected, 7.75
- select committee consideration, 7.99-7.102
- Statutes Amendment Bills, 7.63-7.66
- submissions to select committees by departments, 7.103-7.107
- Supplementary Order Papers, 7.67-7.72
- support to progress, 7.27-7.29, 7.54, 7.57
Boards
Briefing for incoming Ministers, 3.10-3.15, 6.61
Budget cycle, 5.66-5.69
Cabinet
- agendas, 5.45–5.46
- amendments to papers, 5.42–5.43
- approval of items for submission to Executive Council, 1.37, 5.35
- attendance of Ministers, 5.55
- attendance of officials, 5.62
- attendance of visiting dignitaries, 5.63
- Cabinet Office, 5.77–5.81
- chair, 2.9, 5.54
- collective responsibility, 5.22–5.30
- confidentiality, 5.21
- confirming committee decisions, 5.8
- consultation, 5.14–5.20
- deadlines, 5.40–5.41
- decision making before and after election, 6.5–6.8
- Executive Council items, approval, 1.37
- financial matters, 5.65–5.70
- international treaties, 5.73–5.74, 7.112
- items for consideration, 5.11–5.12, 5.76
- items not generally for consideration, 5.13
- late papers, 5.41
- legal proceedings involving Ministers, 4.42–4.48
- legislation, considering draft 7.50-7.52, 7.86
- meeting times, 5.52
- membership, 2.26, 5.5
- Ministers inside, 2.26
- Ministers outside, 2.27, 2.28
- minutes, 5.50-5.51
- non-government bills, consideration, 7.73
- oral items, 5.47-5.49
- preparing and submitting papers, 5.36-5.39
- proactive release of papers and minutes, 8.4
- procedures, 5.4, 5.36-5.76
- quorum, 5.60
- records see Cabinet records
- referring decisions taken outside Cabinet process, 5.76
- regulatory impact statements, 5.71, 7.23
- requests for papers and minutes, 8.30-8.33
- role and powers, 5.2-5.4
- submitting papers by Associate Ministers, 2.37
- travel papers, 2.104
- withdrawal of papers, 5.44
Cabinet committees
- agendas, 5.45-5.46
- amendments to papers, 5.42-5.43
- attendance of Associate Ministers, 2.38
- attendance of coalition and support partners, 5.59
- attendance of Ministers, 5.56-5.59
- attendance of officials, 5.64
- chairs, 5.10, 5.54
- collective responsibility, 5.22-5.30
- confidentiality, 5.21
- deadlines, 5.40-5.41
- decisions confirmed by Cabinet, 5.8
- late papers, 5.41
- meeting times, 5.53
- membership, 2.9, 5.10
- minutes, 5.50-5.51
- oral items, 5.47-5.49
- power to act, 5.9
- preparing and submitting papers, 5.36–5.39
- proactive release of papers and minutes, 8.4
- procedures, 5.36–5.76
- quorum, 5.61
- role and powers, 5.6–5.9
- role of Prime Minister, 2.9
- submitting papers by Associate Ministers, 2.37
- terms of reference, 2.9, 5.10
- withdrawal of papers, 5.44
Cabinet Directions for the Conduct of Crown Legal Business 1993, 4.16–4.17, appendix C
Cabinet Legislation Committee, 7.10–7.14
- considering draft legislation, 7.50–7.52, 7.86
- enquiries about papers for consideration, 7.2
- submission of Supplementary Order Papers outside scope of bill or making substantive changes to bill for approval, 7.72
Cabinet Ministers see Ministers
Cabinet Office, 5.77–5.81
- Honours Secretariat, 1.55
- role, 5.77
- role concerning Ministers’ conflicts of interest, 2.58
- Secretary of the Cabinet/Clerk of the Executive Council, 5.78–5.81
- CO (02) 17 Guidelines for Changes to Baselines, 5.69
- CO (06) 5 Ministers’ Roles and Responsibilities in Relation to Crown Entities, 3.31
- CO (06) 6 Whole of Government Directions under the Crown Entities Act 2004, 3.40
- CO (06) 7 Ministerial Interventions under the Resource Management Act 1991, 5.75
- CO (06) 8 Fees Framework for Members of Statutory and Other Bodies Appointed by the Crown, 3.34, 4.88
- CO (07) 2 The Financial Veto and 24 Hour Rule, 7.125
- CO (08) 1 Security Classification System: Application to Cabinet Documents, 8.3
- CO (08) 5 Guidance for Dealing with Information Relating to Public Issuers and Securities Markets, 8.12
- access by former Ministers, 8.75, 8.80–8.81, 8.85
- access by incumbent Ministers to documents of a previous administration, 8.75, 8.78–8.79
- disclosure and use by former Ministers, 8.112–8.115
- disposal and storage by former Ministers, 8.89–8.90
- Official Information Act requests, 8.30–8.33
- proactive release of papers and minutes, 8.4
Caretaker convention, 6.16–6.35
- consultation by Ministers, 6.30–6.32
- coordination role of Prime Minister, 6.31–6.32
- decision-making process, 6.26–6.35
- election outcome clear, 6.24–6.25
- election outcome unclear, 6.20–6.23
- expenditure decisions, 6.34
- official information requests, 6.35
- planning ahead, 6.6–6.8
- pre-election period, 6.9
- principles, 6.19–6.25
Caucus and caucus committees, 3.67–3.68, 7.53
- attendance by officials, 3.67–3.68, 7.56
- briefings by Ministers, 3.67
- considering draft bills, 7.54–7.56
- consultation on bills, 7.26
- membership, 7.53
CCMAU (Crown Company Monitoring Advisory Unit), 3.49
Chairs of Cabinet and Cabinet committee meetings, 5.10, 5.54
Change of Prime Minister mid-term, 6.50–6.52
Changes of government see Elections; Government formation; Transitions between administrations
Charging for Official Information Act requests, 8.44
Chief executives see Public service chief executives
Chief Justice acting as Administrator of the Government, 1.17
Circulars see Cabinet Office circulars
Citizens-initiated referenda, 7.126–7.130
- Citizens Initiated Referenda Act 1993, 7.126
- departments’ involvement, 7.129–7.130
- government response, 7.127–7.128
- process, 7.126
Classified documents, 8.3, 8.34–8.35
Clerk of the Executive Council, 1.30–1.34
- also Secretary of the Cabinet, 1.33
- appointment, 1.30, 5.81
- delegation of functions, 1.31
- responsible to Prime Minister and Governor-General, 1.32
- role and functions, 1.30–1.31
- role in government formation process, 6.41
Coalition and support partners
- collective responsibility, 5.24–5.27
- consultation, 5.16–5.18
- consultation on bills, 7.28, 7.57–7.59
- government formation see Government formation
- reference of draft bills to caucus(es), 7.54
- representation and attendance at Cabinet committees, 5.59
Coats of arms, 1.67–1.70
Code of conduct for state services, 3.58
Collective responsibility, 5.22–5.30
- coalition government, 5.24–5.27
- individual powers of Ministers within collective context, 5.31–5.35
- matters to bring to Cabinet, 5.32–5.34
Commercially sensitive information, 8.10–8.12
Commissions of inquiry see Statutory commissions of inquiry
Companies
Conduct and integrity in state sector, 3.50-3.75
Confidence of the House, 2.4, 6.42, 6.53-6.55, 6.58
Confidentiality
- bills, 7.44
- Cabinet and Cabinet committees, 5.21
- Executive Council, 1.46, 8.114
- legislation programme, 7.9
- security classifications and official information, 8.3, 8.34-8.35
Conflicts of interest in public service, 3.54-3.56
Conflicts of interest of Ministers see Ministers' interests
Constituency interests, 2.73-2.77
Constituency material, 8.98
Constitution, an introduction, pages 1-6
Constitution Act 1986
- Governor-General's powers, 1.7
- section 6, 6.44, 6.47
- section 7, 2.20, 4.10
- section 8, 2.45
- section 9A 4.10
- section 17, 6.2
- section 18, 6.3
- section 19, 6.42
Constitutional issues, Cabinet consideration, 5.72
Consultation, 5.14-5.20
- between government agencies, 5.19
- on bills, 7.24-7.45, 7.57-7.59
- on Official Information Act requests, 8.36-8.42
- on regulations, 7.86, 7.88
- statutory processes, 5.20
- with coalition or support partners, 5.16-5.18
- with other Ministers, 5.14-5.15
Convention on access to documents of a previous administration, 8.75-8.85
Costs awarded in legal proceedings, 4.49-4.53
Court action see Legal proceedings involving Ministers
Crown
- Crown's financial veto, 5.70, 7.123-7.125
- rights and prerogatives affected by bills, 7.75
Crown Company Monitoring Advisory Unit (CCMAU), 3.49
Crown entities, 3.28-3.43
- board, 3.30, 3.33, 3.41-3.42
- Crown Entities Act 2004, Ministers' responsibilities, 2.24, 3.29
- decision making under caretaker convention, 6.29
- guidance for Ministers, 3.31
- integrity and conduct, 3.50-3.75
- monitoring departments, 3.43
- role and responsibilities of Ministers, 3.29, 3.31-3.37
- whole of government directions, 3.38-3.40
Crown Law Office
- provision of legal services, 4.6
- role in releasing legal advice, 4.67
- vetting of bills developed by Ministry of Justice, 7.31, 7.62
Crown legal business, 4.16-4.17
- Cabinet directions, appendix C
- proceedings see Judicial review; Legal proceedings involving Ministers
Cultural gifts, 2.83-2.85
Damages awarded in legal proceedings, 4.49-4.53
Deadlines for submission of Cabinet and Cabinet committee papers, 5.40-5.41
Declarations of interest by Ministers, 2.55, 2.70
Defending legal proceedings, Ministers, 4.34-4.53
Delegations
- Associate Ministers, 2.32, 2.34-2.36
- Clerk of the Executive Council, 1.31
- Parliamentary Under-Secretaries, 2.47
Departmental records, 8.96-8.97
Departments see Public service officials
Deputy Prime Minister, 2.13-2.14
Directory of Ministerial Portfolios, 2.32
Discovery and production of official documents, 4.25-4.28, 8.69-8.72
Discussion documents, 5.12
Dismissal of Ministers, 2.18-2.19
Dissolution of Parliament, 1.7, 6.3
Donations to political parties, 2.86
Drafting
Drafting instructions, 7.48-7.49
Duty Ministers, 2.43-2.44
Elections, 6.2–6.4
- caretaker convention, 6.9, 6.16–6.35
- decision making before and after, 6.5–6.8
- dissolution of Parliament, 1.7, 6.3
- early elections, 6.56–6.58
- government advertising, 2.97–2.99, 6.9
- government formation, 6.36–6.48
- meeting of Parliament following, 6.42
- outcomes, 6.4, 6.13–6.15
- pre-election period, 6.9–6.10
- timing, 6.2
Electoral Finance Act 2007, 2.99
Executive Council, 1.18–1.46
- agenda, 1.39
- announcement of decisions or appointments, 1.50–1.51
- attendance at meetings, 1.42–1.45
- Cabinet approval of submission of items, 1.37, 5.35
- Clerk of the Executive Council, 1.30–1.34
- confidentiality, 1.46, 8.114
- constituted by Letters Patent 1983, 1.18
- direct submission of items to, 1.38, 7.90
- emergency or urgent situations, 1.40-1.41
- Executive Councillors see Executive Councillors
- items for consideration, 1.35
- meeting time and place, 1.39-1.41
- membership, 1.22-1.25, 2.17
- Orders in Council, 1.35, 1.36, 1.38, 1.47-1.49
- preparing items, 1.36-1.38
- quorum, 1.42
- role and powers, 1.18-1.21
- role of Governor-General, 1.22-1.24
- special meetings, 1.40
Family, whānau, and close associates of Ministers, 2.62-2.64
Family members and travel, 2.110
Fees and other payments offered to Ministers, 2.54, 2.91-2.94
Fees Framework for Members of Statutory and Other Bodies Appointed by the Crown CO (06) 8, 3.34, 4.88
Financial matters and Cabinet, 5.65-5.70
Financial responsibility of Ministers, 2.23-2.25
Financial veto, Crown's, 5.70, 7.123-7.125
Financial Veto and 24 Hour Rule, The CO (07) 2, 7.125
Foreign governments
- funding of Ministers' visits, 2.108
- gifts, 2.80
- honours conferred on New Zealand citizens, 1.65-1.66
- visits to New Zealand by Ministers, 2.115-2.116
- access to Cabinet records, 8.75, 8.80-8.81, 8.85
- access to departmental records, 8.97
- access to ministerial records, 8.95
- disclosure and use of official information, 8.112-8.115
- disposal and storage of Cabinet records, 8.89-8.90
- memoirs, 8.112-8.115
- public access to ministerial records, 8.109-8.111
Forming a government see Government formation
Gazetting, 1.47-1.49, 7.86, 7.91, 7.95-7.96
General elections see Elections
Gifts, 2.78-2.86
- air travel and accommodation, 2.82
- cultural gifts, 2.83-2.85
- disclosure, 2.78-2.79
- foreign governments, 2.80
- non-government or commercial organisations, 2.81-2.82
- political party donations, 2.86
- relinquishing, and approval to retain, 2.79, 2.80
- guidelines, 2.97-2.99, appendix B
- in election year, 2.99
- pre-election period, 6.9
Government expenditure see Expenditure by government
Government formation, 6.36-6.48
- appointment ceremony, 6.46
- appointment of Ministers, 6.47-6.48
- caretaker convention, 6.16-6.35
- principles and processes, 6.37-6.42
- provision of information by state sector during transitions, 6.59-6.62
- role of Clerk of the Executive Council, 6.41
- role of Governor-General, 6.39-6.40
Government responses
- to citizens-initiated referenda, 7.127-7.128
- to Law Commission reports, 7.18
- to select committee reports, 7.108-7.111, 7.121
Governor-General, 1.2-1.16
- absence, 1.17
- acts on advice of Ministers, 1.12-1.13, 2.4, 2.6
- announcement of decisions or appointments, 1.50-1.51
- apolitical nature of office, 1.11
- appointment, 1.2
- appointments by, 1.5, 1.8
- extent of authority, 1.2-1.3
- international role, 1.10
- office constituted by Letters Patent 1983, 1.2
- official communication with, 1.34
- powers under Constitution Act 1986, 1.7
- powers under Letters Patent 1983, 1.4-1.6, 2.15
- powers under statute, 1.8
- prerogative powers, 1.5, 1.9
- presiding over Executive Council meetings, 1.22, 1.42-1.45
- reserve powers, 1.15
- role and powers, 1.4-1.16
- role concerning Executive Council, 1.22-1.24
- role concerning Parliament, 6.3
- role in government formation and transitions, 6.39-6.40
- role in resignations or dismissals of Ministers, 1.26, 2.18-2.19
- Speech from the Throne, 7.3-7.4
Guidance for Dealing with Information Relating to Public Issuers and Securities Markets CO (08) 5, 8.12
Guidelines for Changes to Baselines CO (02) 17, 5.69
Guidelines for Government Advertising, 2.98, appendix B
Heraldry, 1.67-1.70
Honours system, 1.52-1.66
- administration, 1.55
- conferring of honours, 1.54
- foreign honours conferred on New Zealand citizens, 1.65-1.66
- honouring non-New Zealand citizens, 1.59-1.60
- honours lists, 1.54
- Honours Secretariat, 1.55
- nominations for honours, 1.56-1.58
- orders and awards, 1.53
- purpose, 1.52
- using title "The Honourable", 1.61-1.64
Human Rights Act 1993, compliance of bills, 7.60
Imprest supply, 5.65
Indemnity in legal proceedings, 4.34-4.57
Individual ministerial responsibility, 2.21
- for departmental actions, 3.21
Inland Revenue Department, drafting of legislation, 7.47
Inquiries see Public inquiries
Insider trading regime, 3.44, 8.11-8.12
Integrity and conduct in state sector, 3.50-3.75
International obligations, compliance of bills, 7.60
International organisations
- funding of Ministers' visits, 2.108
- gifts, 2.80
- honours conferred on New Zealand citizens, 1.65-1.66
International treaties, 7.112-7.122
- Cabinet procedures, 5.73-5.74, 7.112
- domestic law compliance, 7.122
- executive role, 7.112
- government action while treaty under consideration by the House, 7.119, 7.122
- government response to select committee report, 7.121
- national interest analysis, 7.116-7.117
- presenting to the House, 7.113-7.115
- role of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 7.115, 7.117
- select committee consideration, 7.118-7.121
- urgent action, 7.114
Judicial decisions, comment by Ministers, 4.12-4.15
Judicial review, 4.18-4.24
- assumption that department papers may be made public, 4.24
- description, 4.18-4.20
- indemnity of Ministers, 4.35-4.36
- likely grounds, 4.21
- Ministers' responsibility for decisions, 4.22-4.23
Judiciary
Late papers, 5.41
Law Commission
Law officer functions, 4.3-4.5, 4.10
Leaks of official information, 8.6-8.7
Legal advice, 4.58-4.68
- legal professional privilege, 4.59-4.61
- presentation guidelines for documents, 4.62-4.63
- release, 4.28, 4.65-4.68
- waiver of legal professional privilege, 4.64
Legal proceedings involving Ministers
- against Ministers personally, 4.37-4.40
- Attorney-General, 4.6-4.7, 4.41-4.42, 4.47-4.48
- Cabinet Directions for the Conduct of Crown Legal Business 1993, 4.16-4.17, appendix C
- Cabinet procedures, 4.42-4.48
- costs, 4.49-4.53
- Crown Law Office undertaking defence, 4.46
- damages, 4.49-4.53
- discovery and production of documents, 4.25-4.28, 8.69-8.72
- evidence given by Minister, 4.29-4.32
- indemnity as defendant, 4.34-4.53
- indemnity as plaintiff, 4.54-4.57
- judicial review, 4.18-4.24, 4.35-4.36
- paying costs and damages, 4.49-4.52
- private counsel, 4.47-4.48
- receiving costs and damages, 4.53
- releasing legal advice, 4.28, 4.58-4.68
- service of court documents, 4.33
- subpoenas, 4.31
- witness summons, certificate exempting Minister from attendance, 4.32
Legislation
- bills see Bills
- regulations see Regulations
- responsibility for the administration of, 2.32, 7.33
Legislation Advisory Committee, 7.37-7.38
Legislation Coordinator, 7.2, 7.15
Legislation Design Committee, 7.34-7.36
Legislation programme, 7.6-7.15
- amendment, 7.8, 7.11, 7.13
- bids, 7.12
- confidentiality, 7.9
- content, 7.7
- coordinator, 7.2, 7.15
- development, 7.10-7.12
- monitoring, 7.13-7.14
- new proposals, 7.11, 7.13
- priorities, 7.10-7.13
- purpose, 7.6
- requests for programme or information, 7.9
- role of Cabinet Legislation Committee, 7.10-7.14
Letters Patent 1983, appendix A
- constituting Executive Council, 1.18
- constituting office of Governor-General, 1.2
- powers of Governor-General, 1.4-1.6, 2.15
Litigation involving Ministers see Legal proceedings involving Ministers
Litigation privilege, 4.60
- waiver, 4.64
Market manipulation regime, 8.11-8.12
Membership
- Cabinet, 5.5
- Cabinet committees, 5.10
- caucus, 7.53
- Executive Council, 1.22-1.25, 2.17
- select committees, 7.97
Memoirs, 8.112-8.115
Mercy, prerogative, 1.5
Message from the Governor-General, 7.75
Mid-term change of government, 6.53-6.55
Mid-term change of Prime Minister, 6.50-6.52
Ministerial inquiries, 4.91-4.92
Ministerial Interventions under the Resource Management Act 1991 CO (06) 7, 5.75
Ministerial List, 2.32
Ministerial records, 8.86-8.111
- access by former Ministers, 8.95, 8.97
- Cabinet and Cabinet Committee records, 8.89-8.91
- constituency material, 8.98
- departmental records, 8.96-8.97
- depositing with Archives New Zealand, 8.92-8.93, 8.95, 8.99, 8.100-8.102
- disclosure and use by former Ministers, 8.112-8.115
- ministerial papers and files, 8.92-8.95
- private or personal papers, 8.99
- public access to archived material, 8.102-8.111
- access to Cabinet records of a previous administration, 8.75, 8.78-8.79
- access to information during transitions, 6.59-6.62
- Acting Ministers, 2.39-2.42
- advisers to Governor-General, 1.12, 2.4
- affidavits, 4.29
- appointment, 2.15-2.17, 6.47
- Associate Ministers, 2.33-2.38
- Cabinet Ministers, 2.26, 2.28
- capacities in which Ministers act, 2.52
- collective responsibility, 5.22-5.30
- comment on judicial decisions, 4.12-4.15
- conduct, 2.50-2.54
- conflicts of interest see Ministers' interests
- consultation, 5.14-5.20
- consultation between Ministers on bills, 7.25
- consultation under caretaker convention, 6.30-6.32
- decision making, 5.31-5.35
- decision making before and after election, 6.5-6.8
- decision making under caretaker convention, 6.26-6.35
- delegations to Associate Ministers, 2.34-2.36
- delegations to Parliamentary Under-Secretaries, 2.47
- dismissal, 1.26, 2.18-2.19
- Duty Ministers, 2.43-2.44
- ethics, 2.53
- financial responsibility, 2.23-2.25
- former Ministers and access to official information see Former ministers
- incapacity, 2.39-2.41
- indemnity in legal proceedings, 4.34-4.57
- individual ministerial responsibility, 2.21
- individual responsibility for departmental actions, 3.21
- interests and assets see Ministers' interests
- legal power to act for other Ministers, 1.28, 2.20
- legal proceedings see Legal proceedings involving Ministers
- legal requirement to be members of Parliament, 2.16
- membership of Executive Council, 1.25, 2.17
- ministerial inquiries, 4.91-4.92
- Ministers inside Cabinet, 2.26, 2.28
- Ministers of State, 2.28
- Ministers outside Cabinet, 2.27, 2.28
- outgoing, 6.43-6.45
- personal information, access and use, 8.57-8.61
- portfolios see Portfolios
- power to act, 5.9
- private communications with officials, 3.72-3.75
- private or personal papers, 8.99
- records see Ministerial records
- relationship with companies in state sector, 3.44-3.49
- relationship with Crown entities, 3.29, 3.31-3.37
- relationship with departments, 3.5, 3.16-3.21
- relationship with public service chief executives, 3.6-3.8
- relationship with state-owned enterprises, 3.45-3.49
- resignation, 1.26-1.29, 2.18, 6.43-6.45
- Resource Management Act 1991, interventions, 5.75
- "Responsible Ministers", 2.24-2.25
- role and powers, 2.21-2.22
- select committees, 7.97-7.111
- statutory powers and functions, 5.31-5.35
- travel see Travel overseas by Ministers; Travel within New Zealand by Ministers
Ministers' interests, 2.55-2.77
- annual disclosure in Register of Pecuniary Interests, 2.55
- association with non-government organisations, 2.65-2.67
- blind trusts, 2.70
- business and professional activities, 2.95-2.96
- Cabinet Office role, 2.58
- conflicts of interest, 2.56-2.77
- conflicts of interest in the House, 2.71-2.72
- constituency interests, 2.73-2.77
- declaration of interest, 2.70
- direct and non-direct conflicts of interest, 2.60
- divestment, 2.70
- family, whānau, and close associates, 2.62-2.64
- fees, acceptance, 2.54, 2.91-2.94
- gifts, 2.78-2.86
- identifying conflicts of interest, 2.58-2.68
- interest held as member of class or general public, 2.68
- land ownership, 2.61
- managing conflicts of interest, 2.69-2.70
- not receiving papers, 2.70
- outside activities, 2.54, 2.91-2.96
- payments, acceptance, 2.54, 2.91-2.94
- pecuniary and non-pecuniary interests, 2.55, 2.60-2.61
- product endorsement, 2.87-2.90
- public duty and personal interests, 2.57
- Register of Pecuniary Interests of Members of Parliament, 2.55
- resignation from organisation, 2.70
- share ownership, 2.61
- transferring responsibility to another Minister or department, 2.70
- types of conflicts of interest, 2.60-2.68
Ministers' Roles and Responsibilities in Relation to Crown Entities CO (06) 5, 3.31
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- advice concerning international treaties and other instruments, 7.115
- coordination of Ministers' official visits overseas, 2.107
- visits by overseas Ministers, 2.115-2.116
Ministry of Justice
- consultation on bills, 7.31
- coordination of Statutes Amendment Bills, 7.64
- examining legislation for compliance with New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, 7.62
- guidelines on charging for official information, 8.44
Minority and coalition governments, consultation, 5.16-5.18, 7.27-7.29
New Year honours list, 1.54, 1.57
New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, 4.3, 7.31, 7.60, 7.62
New Zealand Coat of Arms, 1.69
New Zealand Gazette, 1.47-1.49, 7.95-7.96
New Zealand Herald of Arms, 1.68, 1.69
New Zealand Royal Honours System see Honours system
Non-government organisations
Oaths or affirmations of Executive Councillors, 1.24, 1.46, 8.114
Offices of Parliament, consultation on bills, 7.39
Official information, 8.1-8.51
- caretaker government, 6.35
- commercially sensitive information, 8.10-8.12
- convention on access to documents of a previous administration, 8.75-8.85
- departmental records, 8.96-8.97
- disclosure and use by former Ministers, 8.112-8.115
- exploitation for personal gain, 8.8-8.9
- improper release, 8.6-8.7
- in legal proceedings, 4.25-4.27, 8.69-8.72
- legal advice, releasing, 4.68
- Official Information Act 1982 see Official Information Act 1982
- Privacy Act 1993 see Privacy Act 1993
- protection, 8.2
- Public Records Act 2005, 8.2, 8.100
- security classifications and endorsements, 8.3, 8.34-8.35
- select committee requests, 8.66-8.68
Official Information Act 1982, 8.13-8.51
- applicability to Attorney-General, 8.19
- assisting requesters, 8.25
- charging for requests, 8.44
- compliance, 8.23-8.28
- consultation regarding requests, 8.36-8.42
- coordinating requests, 8.43
- definition of official information, 8.16-8.22
- guidance by Ombudsmen, 8.29
- key provisions, 8.15
- personal information, 8.22, 8.52-8.61
- purpose, 8.13-8.14
- requests for archived ministerial records, 8.108-8.111
- requests for Cabinet papers, 8.30-8.33
- requests for legislation programme, 7.9
- responsibility for compliance, 8.23-8.24
- review by Ombudsmen of decision to withhold information, 8.45-8.51
- security classifications and endorsements, 8.3, 8.34-8.35
- transfer of requests to another Minister, department, or agency, 8.26-8.27
Officials see Public service officials
Ombudsmen
- guidance on Official Information Act requests, 8.29
- Ombudsmen Act 1975, 8.62-8.65
- review of decision to withhold official information, 8.45-8.51
Omnibus bills, 7.63-7.66
Oral items, 5.47-5.49
Orders and awards see Honours system
Orders in Council, 1.35, 1.47-1.49
- 28-day rule, 1.49, 7.91-7.94
- development process for regulations, 7.84-7.90
- drafting, 1.36, 1.38, 7.90
- entry into force, 1.47-1.49
- Gazette notices, 1.47-1.49
Outgoing Ministers, 6.43-6.45
Overseas travel see Travel overseas by Ministers
Papers see Cabinet records; Ministerial records; Official information; Official Information Act 1982
Parliament
- meeting following an election, 6.42
- Speech from the Throne, 7.3-7.4
- summoning, proroguing, and dissolving, 1.7, 6.3
- term, 6.2
Parliamentary Counsel Office
- drafting of bills, 7.46-7.49
- drafting of Orders in Council, 1.36
- drafting of regulations, 7.86, 7.89
- enquiries about legislation, 7.2
- working with, 7.84
Parliamentary Private Secretaries, 2.49
Parliamentary Under-Secretaries, 2.45-2.48, 6.47
- assets and interests see Ministers' interests
- travel see Travel overseas by Ministers; Travel within New Zealand by Ministers
Payments offered to Ministers, 2.54, 2.91-2.94
Personal information
- disclosure by Ministers, 8.60
- ministerial access and use, 8.57-8.61
- Official Information Act 1982, 8.22, 8.60
- Privacy Act 1993, 8.52-8.61
Personal interests of Ministers see Ministers' interests
Personal papers of Ministers, 8.88, 8.99
Personal travel overseas by Ministers, 2.113-2.114
Plaintiff in legal proceedings, 4.54-4.57
Political advisers, 3.19
Political consultation, 5.16-5.18
Political neutrality of public service, 3.51
Political parties and public servants, 3.67-3.71
Political party donations, 2.86
- allocation, 2.7-2.8, 2.30-2.31
- consultation with Cabinet Office where proposed legislation affecting, 7.33
- Directory of Ministerial Portfolios, 2.32
- Ministerial List, 2.32
- Register of Assigned Legislation, 2.32
- relationship of portfolio Ministers with Associate Ministers, 2.33-2.38
- Schedule of Responsibilities Delegated to Associate Ministers, 2.32
- titles, 2.30
Power to act, 5.9
Pre-election period, 6.9-6.10
Prime Minister, 2.2-2.12
- adviser to Governor-General, 1.13, 2.4, 2.6
- adviser to Sovereign, 2.4-2.5
- appointment, 1.23, 2.2
- chair of Cabinet, 2.9, 5.54
- consultation concerning caretaker convention, 6.31-6.32
- death or incapacity, 6.50-6.52
- head of executive government, 2.7
- in charge of security services, 2.11
- mid-term change, 6.50-6.52
- party leader, 2.12
- policy coordination, 2.10
- portfolio allocation, 2.7-2.8, 2.30-2.31
- preliminary approval of Ministers' overseas travel, 2.104-2.106
- role, 2.3-2.12
- role concerning Cabinet committees, 2.9
- Speech from the Throne, preparation, 7.4
- statement to the House, 7.5
Privacy Act 1993, 8.52-8.61
- access by Ministers to personal information, 8.57-8.61
- compliance, 8.53-8.54
- compliance of bills, 7.60
- disclosure of personal information by Ministers, 8.60
- guidance, 8.61
- key provisions, 8.55-8.56
- privacy officers, 8.54
- purpose, 8.52
Private interests of Ministers see Ministers' interests
Private papers of Ministers, 8.88, 8.99
Product endorsement by Ministers, 2.87-2.90
Professional activities of Ministers, 2.95-2.96
Protected Disclosures Act 2000, 3.74-3.75
Public duty and personal interests of Ministers, 2.57
Public Finance Act 1989
- Crown's financial veto where proposed legislation impacting on fiscal aggregates, 7.123
- Ministers' responsibilities, 2.24
Public inquiries, 4.69-4.99
- ministerial inquiries, 4.91-4.92
- natural justice, 4.73
- select committees, 4.96-4.99
- statutory bodies, 4.93-4.95
- statutory commissions of inquiry, 4.74-4.90
Public Records Act 2005, 8.2, 8.100
- accountability documents, 3.9
- chief executives see Public service chief executives
- code of conduct, 3.58
- departments included, 3.2
- officials see Public service officials
Public service chief executives
- appointment, 3.22-3.23
- as employer, 3.26-3.27
- briefing Minister on staffing matter, 3.27
- relationship with Ministers, 3.6-3.8
- responsibilities, 3.7-3.8
- briefing for incoming Ministers, 3.10-3.15
- Cabinet committee meetings, attendance, 5.64
- Cabinet meetings, attendance, 5.62
- caucus and caucus committees, attendance, 3.67-3.68, 7.56
- chief executives of departments see Public service chief executives
- citizens-initiated referenda, involvement, 7.129-7.130
- code of conduct, 3.58
- collective decision making, 5.29-5.30
- communication with Governor-General, 1.34
- conflicts of interest, 3.54-3.56
- consultation between agencies on bills, 7.30
- consultation within the public service, 5.19
- contact with political parties, 3.67-3.71
- decision-making process under caretaker convention, 6.27-6.28
- integrity and conduct, 3.50-3.75
- Official Information Act requests, 8.23-8.44
- political neutrality, 3.51
- private communications with Ministers and members of Parliament, 3.72-3.75
- provision of information during transitions, 6.59-6.62
- public comment on government policy, 3.62
- relationship with Ministers, 3.5, 3.16-3.21
- select committees, attendance, 3.63-3.66
- submissions on bills to select committees, 7.103-7.107
- travel overseas with Ministers, 2.111
Public statements
Realm of New Zealand, 1.3
Records see Cabinet records; Ministerial records; Official information; Official Information Act 1982
Register of Assigned Legislation, 2.32
Register of Pecuniary Interests of Members of Parliament, 2.55
Regulations, 7.77-7.96
- 28-day rule, 1.49, 7.91-7.94
- authority to make, 7.77-7.78
- Cabinet approval of policy, 7.86
- Cabinet authorisation for submission to Executive Council, 7.86
- consultation, 7.86, 7.88
- developing, 7.84-7.90
- disallowance in the House, 7.81
- drafting, 7.86, 7.89
- entry into force, 1.49
- gazetting, 1.47-1.49, 7.95-7.96
- monitoring, 7.82
- Orders in Council, 1.35
- planning, 7.82-7.83, 7.87
- publishing, 7.95-7.96
- regulatory impact statements, 5.71, 7.23
- reviewing, 7.82
- scrutiny, 7.79-7.81
Regulations Review Committee, 7.80-7.81
Regulatory Impact Analysis Unit, 7.32
Regulatory impact statements, 5.71, 7.23, 7.32
Requests for official information see Official Information Act 1982
Reserve powers of Governor-General, 1.15
Resignation of Ministers, 2.18, 6.43-6.45
Resource Management Act 1991, ministerial interventions, 5.75
Responsible Ministers, 2.24
Review of decision to withhold official information, 8.45-8.51
Rights and prerogatives of the Crown affected by bills, 7.75
Royal commissions of inquiry, 4.76
Royal Crown or royal emblems, using, 1.69
Royal Honours System see Honours system
Royal prerogative and Governor-General, 1.9
Schedule of Responsibilities Delegated to Associate Ministers, 2.32
Secretary of the Cabinet, 5.78-5.81
- also Clerk of the Executive Council, 5.79
- appointment, 5.81
- responsible to Prime Minister, 5.78
- role, 5.78-5.80
Security Classification System: Application to Cabinet Documents CO (08) 1, 8.3
Security classifications and official information, 8.3, 8.34-8.35
Select committees, 7.97-7.111
- appointment of Ministers to, 7.97
- considering bills, 7.99-7.102
- departmental submissions on bills, 7.103-7.107
- government responses to reports, 7.108-7.111, 7.121
- information requests, 8.66-8.68
- inquiries, 4.96-4.99
- international treaties, examining, 7.118-7.121
- Ministers' liaison with, 7.102
- participation by Minister in proceedings on bill, 7.101
- relationship with officials, 3.63-3.66
- role, 7.97-7.102
Service of court documents, 4.33
Share ownership, Ministers, 2.61
Solicitor-client privilege, 4.60
- waiver, 4.64
Solicitor-General
- exercising Attorney-General's law officer functions, 4.10
- litigation against Ministers, 4.47-4.48
- provision of legal services, 4.6
SOPs (Supplementary Order Papers), 7.67-7.72
Sovereign
- advice of Prime Minister, 2.4-2.5
- conferring of honours, 1.54
- exercise of Governor-General's statutory powers, 1.8
- Governor-General as representative, 1.2
- heraldry, 1.67
- prerogative powers, 1.9
- Speech from the Throne, 7.3-7.4
Speech from the Throne, 7.3-7.4
State emblems, using, 1.69
State sector
- companies, 3.44
- Crown entities, 3.28-3.43
- decision making before and after election, 6.5-6.8
- decision making under caretaker convention, 6.26-6.29
- integrity and conduct, 3.50-3.75
- inter-agency consultation on bills, 7.30
- organisations included, 3.4
- public service see Public service
- state services, 3.3
- state-owned enterprises, 3.45-3.49
State services, 3.3
- code of conduct, 3.58
State Services Commissioner
- appointment of chief executives and other officials, 3.22-3.25
- functions and powers in relation to integrity and conduct of officials, 3.57-3.61
Statement to the House, Prime Minister's, 7.5
State-owned enterprises, 3.45-3.49
- accountabilities, 3.46
- board, 3.46
- Crown Company Monitoring Advisory Unit (CCMAU), 3.49
- decision making under caretaker convention, 6.29
- directions by Ministers, 3.48
- integrity and conduct, 3.50-3.75
- role of Ministers, 3.47
- shareholding Ministers, 3.45
Statutes Amendment Bills, 7.63-7.66
Statutory bodies, inquiries, 4.93-4.95
Statutory commissions of inquiry, 4.74-4.90
- appointment of inquirer or commissioner, 4.87-4.88
- budget, 4.89-4.90
- establishment, 4.81-4.82
- natural justice, 4.73
- powers and privileges, 4.77-4.80
- public and media access, 4.80
- purpose, 4.84
- role of Department of Internal Affairs, 4.75, 4.89-4.90
- royal commissions of inquiry, 4.76
- subject matter, 4.83
- terms of reference, 4.85-4.86
- time frame for reporting back, 4.89-4.90
Statutory powers and functions of Ministers in collective context, 5.31-5.35
Submissions on bills to select committees by departments, 7.103-7.107
Subpoenas served on Ministers, 4.31
Supplementary Order Papers (SOPs), 7.67-7.72
Support partners see Coalition and support partners
"The Honourable", use of title, 1.61, 1.64
Transitions between administrations, 6.11-6.62
- caretaker convention, 6.9, 6.16-6.35
- early elections, 6.56-6.58
- elections, 6.2-6.4
- meeting of Parliament following election, 6.42
- mid-term change of government, 6.53-6.55
- mid-term change of Prime Minister, 6.50-6.52
- provision of information by state sector during, 6.59-6.62
Travel and accommodation expenses
- declaration of gift, 2.82
- Minister undertaking government activities overseas, 2.108-2.109
- Minister undertaking non-ministerial activities, 2.93
- visits by overseas Ministers, 2.116
Travel overseas by Governor-General, 1.10
Travel overseas by Ministers, 2.100-2.116
- accompanying family members, 2.110
- accompanying staff or officials, 2.111
- approval by Prime Minister and Cabinet, 2.104-2.106
- Australian Standing Council meetings, 2.104
- coordination by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 2.107
- costs met by foreign governments and non-government agencies, 2.108-2.109
- number absent at one time, 2.106
- personal travel, 2.113-2.114
- purpose, 2.103
- reporting back to Cabinet, 2.112
Travel within New Zealand by Ministers, 2.117
Treaties, international see International treaties
Treaty of Waitangi, compliance of bills, 7.60
Vice-regal emblems, using, 1.69
Visiting dignitaries meeting with Cabinet, 5.63
Visits by overseas Ministers, 2.115-2.116
- amendments to composition, 7.123
