Manukau City Council (Regulation of Prostitution in Specified Places) Bill

The Manukau City Council (Regulation of Prostitution in Specified Places) Bill remains before the Local Government and Environment Committee for consideration with a reporting date of 8 September 2011. The bill as introduced sought to authorise the Manukau City Council to make bylaws prohibiting the business of prostitution or commercial sexual services in specified public places in Manukau City.

The committee has received a submission from Auckland Council stating its support and that it intends to take over from Manukau City Council as the promoter of this local bill. It requests that the committee recommend amendments to the bill which empower it to make bylaws that may apply to all of the new Auckland Council area. The council’s submission is available on the Parliament website, www.parliament.nz

Chris Auchinvole, chairperson of the committee, said that the committee believed that the public should be fully aware of potential changes to the geographic area to which the bill could apply. The committee has written to Auckland Council recommending that it follow certain procedures set out in Standing Orders for publicly notifying a local bill. Auckland Council has advised the committee that it accepts the committee’s recommendations, and that it expects to provide a further submission to the committee later in the year.

The committee will consider the bill again once it has received the council’s further submission.