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Infrastructure Funding and Financing Amendment Bill

The purpose of this bill is to improve infrastructure funding and financing tools to support urban development.

This bill has been accorded urgency in the House. First detected 11 July 2026, 9:19am UTC.

Member in charge: Hon Chris Bishop · Government bill · No. 231-2 · urgency accorded 30 Jun 2026 (the second reading of)
Bill on parliament.nz → RSS

Want a say? This bill is still moving

Urgency compresses the timetable, not the politics. Until the third reading, the committee of the whole House can still amend the bill — changes are moved right up to the final vote. The channels that operate at this speed:

  • Contact the member in charge — Hon Chris Bishop — whose office decides what amendments are put, and your electorate MP. Members’ offices monitor correspondence while the House sits; a specific, clause-level point travels furthest.
  • Contact the opposition spokesperson for this portfolio — they speak and move amendments in the committee stage, and concrete problems raised by affected people are exactly what they put on the record.
  • Start or sign a petition at petitions.parliament.nz — the formal channel that stays open regardless of the House’s timetable.

Stages observed

StageSitting dayRecord
Second reading 30 Jun 2026 The Infrastructure Funding and Financing Amendment Bill was read a second time. source · debate & vote (Hansard)

Dates are sitting days as recorded by the Office of the Clerk; a sitting extended under urgency continues under its original day. Readings are decided by party vote: each party casts its members’ votes en bloc (proxies included), so the whole House needn’t be present and individual attendance isn’t recorded — the party-by-party tally for each reading is in that day’s Hansard, linked per stage above.

What this touches

Topics in the OpenBrief corpus matched to this bill’s title, with their volume over the last six weeks — how loud the subject already was when urgency was moved. This is retrieval against our existing corpus, not model judgement.

TopicPress items · 6wkSocial posts · 6wk
bridge infrastructure 0 8
regional infrastructure funding 11 20

What this bill changes

AI-assisted analysis · every claim links to primary source · corrections
Published 13 Jul 2026, 7:21pm UTC (separate from, and later than, the alert timestamp above) · model: claude-opus-4-8

In short: A special purpose vehicle can demand repayment of IFF funding and associated costs when it is satisfied a land development has failed, and if unpaid within 20 working days may sue and ultimately force a court sale of the undeveloped land.

What changes
Expands a power A special purpose vehicle can demand repayment of IFF funding and associated costs when it is satisfied a land development has failed, and if unpaid within 20 working days may sue and ultimately force a court sale of the undeveloped land.
cl 58 → Infrastructure Funding and Financing Act 2020, s 98C · affects: landowners in a levy area whose development has failed, special purpose vehicles · confidence: high
The bill text this is based on
“This section applies if a responsible SPV is satisfied that a land development has failed according to 1 or more of the factors for failure set out in the levy order.”
Removes a right Owner consent to include protected Maori land in a proposed levy area is not required if the proposed levy area is expected to encompass 5,000 or more leviable properties over the levy period.
cl 14 → Infrastructure Funding and Financing Act 2020, s 24 · affects: owners of protected Maori land, levy proposers · confidence: high
The bill text this is based on
“However, the consent of the owners of protected Māori land is not required under this section if the proposed levy area is expected to encompass 5,000 or more leviable properties over the levy period.”
Removes a right A person may not refuse to pay a levy on the ground of invalidity unless they bring proceedings, and such proceedings may only be brought on the ground that the SPV or RLA is not empowered to set or assess the levy on the particular rating unit.
cl 40 → Infrastructure Funding and Financing Act 2020, s 59 · affects: levypayers · confidence: high
The bill text this is based on
“A person must not refuse to pay a levy on the ground that the levy is invalid unless the person brings proceedings to challenge the validity of the levy.”
Narrows a power Neither the recommender nor the Minister is required to consider the long-term interests, affordability, or sustainability of levy payment for land owned by the levy proposer, or where all owners and purchasers have provided written support for the levy.
cl 17 → Infrastructure Funding and Financing Act 2020, s 27A · affects: levypayers, levy proposers, the responsible Minister, the recommender · confidence: high
The bill text this is based on
“The recommender and the Minister are not required to take the matters into account in relation to land in the levy area that is owned by the levy proposer on the date of the levy proposal.”
Narrows a power A proposed responsible infrastructure authority must endorse a levy proposal, replacing a discretionary power to endorse.
cl 12 → Infrastructure Funding and Financing Act 2020, s 20 · affects: territorial authorities, responsible infrastructure authorities, levy proposers · confidence: high
The bill text this is based on
“In section 20(1), replace “may endorse” with “must endorse”.”
Removes an obligation The requirement to consult under section 28 of the IFF Act is removed.
cl 18 → Infrastructure Funding and Financing Act 2020, s 28 · affects: levy proposers, affected landowners · confidence: high
The bill text this is based on
“18 Section 28 repealed (Consultation) Repeal section 28.”
Creates an obligation A levy proposal must include details of any consultation undertaken, including with affected landowners, iwi, or hapu.
cl 11 → Infrastructure Funding and Financing Act 2020, s 18 · affects: levy proposers, affected landowners, iwi and hapu · confidence: high
The bill text this is based on
“details of any consultation undertaken, including with affected landowners, iwi, or hapū:”
Changes a penalty An RLA that is a water organisation may add penalties to unpaid levies, capped at 21% of the unpaid levy in the year after the due date and 10% in the first 6 months.
cl 47 → Infrastructure Funding and Financing Act 2020, s 86Q · affects: levypayers, water organisations · confidence: high
The bill text this is based on
“The RLA that is a water organisation may, by resolution of its board, add penalties to levies that are not paid by the due date.”
Who this affects
landowners in a levy area whose development has failedspecial purpose vehiclesowners of protected Maori landlevy proposerslevypayersthe responsible Ministerthe recommenderterritorial authoritiesresponsible infrastructure authoritiesaffected landownersiwi and hapuwater organisations
Scrutiny

Taken under urgency; the compressed timetable limited scrutiny even where a committee stage existed.

Commencement: The Act comes into force on the day after Royal assent.
Retrospective: no provision identified
Gaps we can see. Clauses whose effect could not be established from the bill text alone: cl 4 (repeal of s 3(1)(a) and (b) — target purpose text not shown), cl 6 (s 8 community infrastructure definition — effect on ownership requirements depends on Local Government Act text not shown), cl 42 / s 76 replaced (levy remission and postponement — comparison with prior text not shown), cl 43 / s 80 replaced (recovery under Rating Act — prior text not shown), cl 44 / s 82 replaced (recovery action — prior text not shown), cl 55-57 (repeals of ss 96-98 on previous contributions — target text not shown), cl 69 / s 75B replaced in Rating Act (application of sale proceeds — prior ordering not shown), Schedule 2 minor and consequential amendments (numerous 'responsible levy authority' to 'RLA' terminology changes without substantive effect determinable), Schedule 3 amendments to Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025 (effect depends on that Act's text), cl 17, cl 13. 2 extracted claims failed verbatim verification against the bill text and were discarded rather than published.

Method: the model reads the bill as published (claude-opus-4-8); every claim above carries a verbatim span of that text, checked mechanically — claims that fail the check are dropped, not softened. Text analysed from an archived copy of the official text. Full methodology →

Source record — the urgency motion as published
30 June 2026 — scope: the second reading of (Second reading) 
A motion to accord urgency to the following business was agreed to:
- the remaining stages of:
  - the Antisocial Road Use Legislation Amendment Bill;
  - the Health and Safety at Work Amendment Bill;
  - the Offshore Renewable Energy Bill;
  - the Healthy Futures (Pae Ora) Amendment Bill; and
  - the Regulatory Systems (Primary Industries) Amendment Bill;
- the first reading and referral to a select committee of:
  - the Building Amendment Bill; and
  - the Climate Change Response (Tort Liability) Amendment Bill;
- the second reading of:
  - the Local Government (System Improvements) Amendment Bill;
  - the Crimes Amendment Bill;
  - the Land Transport (Revenue) Amendment Bill;
  - the Infrastructure Funding and Financing Amendment Bill; and
  - the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) (3 Day Postnatal Stay) Amendment Bill;
- the first reading and referral to a select committee of:
  - the Community Magistrates Legislation Amendment Bill; and
  - the Environmental Reporting Amendment Bill;
- the second reading of:
  - the Building (Earthquake-prone Buildings) Amendment Bill; and
  - the Emergency Management Bill (No 2);
- the first reading and referral to a select committee of the Regulatory Systems (Social Security) Amendment Bill (No 2);
- the discharge and re-committal to a select committee of the Regulatory Systems (Courts) Amendment Bill; and
- the remaining stages of:
  - the Regulatory Systems (Tribunals) Amendment Bill and the Regulatory Systems (Occupational Regulation) Amendment Bill;
  - the Mental Health Bill;
  - the Plain Language Act Repeal Bill; and
  - the Constitution Amendment Bill.
Source: Daily progress in the House → · Hansard for this sitting day →