Clause 3 states that the purpose of the Bill is to confirm certain confirmable instruments and annual confirmable instruments that, unless confirmed by an Act of Parliament, are—

• revoked at the applicable deadline under section 47C(1)(a) or (b) of the Legislation Act 2012; or

• taken after the applicable deadline to have been invalid for their past operation (because they have been revoked with effect before or on the deadline) under section 47D of the Legislation Act 2012.

Confirmation by Act is only to prevent those outcomes under those sections. It therefore does not generally—

• authorise, cure invalidities in, or validate defects in the instruments or the processes followed in making them; or

• affect or limit judicial review, or complaints processes, in respect of the instruments or the processes followed in making them.

Clause 4 is the interpretation clause and defines the terms confirmable instrument and annual confirmable instrument.

Clause 5 ensures that the Bill, when enacted, binds the Crown.

Clause 6 repeals the Subordinate Legislation Confirmation Act 2020, which is now spent.

Clause 7 confirms 7 orders under the Biosecurity Act 1993.

Clause 8 confirms 2 orders under the Commodity Levies Act 1990.

Clause 9 confirms 2 orders under the Customs and Excise Act 2018.

Clause 10 confirms an order under the Fisheries Act 1996.

Clause 11 confirms an order under the New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001 and the Social Security Act 2018.

Clause 12 confirms 2 orders under the Social Security Act 2018.

Clause 13 confirms an order under the Tariff Act 1988.

Clause 14 confirms regulations under the Waste Minimisation Act 2008.