# Age of Majority Amendment Bill
### 1. Title
This act is the Age of Majority Amendment Act 2021.

### 2. Commencement
This Act shall come into effect on 1 January, 2022.

### 3. Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to reduce the age of Majority in New Zealand from 20 to 18.

### 4. Acts Amended

This Act amends the Age of Majority Act 1970. (The Principal Act.)

### 5. Amendments
Amend section 4(1) to read:

*"For all the purposes of the law of New Zealand a person shall attain full age on attaining the age of 18 years."*

### 6. Clarification
Where at the commencement of this Act a person has attained the age of 18 years but has not attained the age of 20 years they shall attain full age on 1 January 2022.

### Explanatory Notes
**Section 1** is the title section
**Section 2** is the commencement section.
**Section 3** is the purpose section
**Section 4** specifies the act amended by this bill
**Section 5** amends the age of majority act 1970
**Section 6** clarifies the age of majority for those who have attained the age of 18 prior to the commencement of the bill

This Bill is authored and sponsored by /u/TheTrashMan_10 (Labour) as a Private Member’s Bill