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Originally Posted by Billi
What is the legal procedure? Is this already a signed treaty or will the Parliaments of these countries debate and ratify it?
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The treaty is agreed by the participating countries, so it cannot be further modified. But to become law in each country it will need to be approved by each government and a bill passed to make it law.
In New Zealand that is effectively just a rubber stamp, rather than a meaningful debate, because the government has the numbers to pass legislation, and the text cannot be modified—so there is no point in the Opposition petitioning for improved terms.