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Crown Organisations (Criminal Liability) Act 2002

3: Purpose

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"This law helps make government organisations follow rules and face consequences if they break them."

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The purpose of this Act is to implement recommendations of the Noble report. You will see it enables the prosecution of Crown organisations for offences under the Building Act 2004, the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, and the Resource Management Act 1991. It also enables injunctions to be granted requiring Crown organisations to comply with the Building Act 2004.

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3Purpose

  1. The purpose of this Act is to—

  2. implement recommendations of the report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the collapse of a viewing platform at Cave Creek near Punakaiki on the West Coast (the Noble report):
    1. enable the prosecution of Crown organisations for offences under the Building Act 2004, the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, and the Resource Management Act 1991:
      1. enable injunctions to be granted requiring Crown organisations to comply with the Building Act 2004:
        1. make related amendments to other enactments.

          Notes
          • Section 3(b): substituted, on , by section 163(2) of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).
          • Section 3(b): amended, on , by section 6 of the Resource Management (Natural and Built Environment and Spatial Planning Repeal and Interim Fast-track Consenting) Act 2023 (2023 No 68).
          • Section 3(b): amended, on , by section 232 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (2015 No 70).
          • Section 3(c): amended, on , by section 414 of the Building Act 2004 (2004 No 72).