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Serious Fraud Office Act 1990

General provisions relating to warrants and exercise of powers under Parts 1 and 2 - Miscellaneous provisions

25: Certain provisions not to apply to Police, Inland Revenue, and Statistics Department officers

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"Some rules don't apply to Police, Inland Revenue, or Statistics NZ staff"

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You do not have to follow some rules if you work for the Police, Inland Revenue, or Statistics New Zealand. These rules are in sections like section 5, section 6, section 9, and section 10. This means you do not have to do what those sections say if you are a constable, work for Inland Revenue, or are part of Statistics New Zealand.

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Part 3General provisions relating to warrants and exercise of powers under Parts 1 and 2
Miscellaneous provisions

25Certain provisions not to apply to Police, Inland Revenue, and Statistics Department officers

  1. Nothing in section 5 or section 6 or section 9 or section 10 shall require—

  2. any person in his or her capacity as an officer of the Inland Revenue Department; or
    1. any person in his or her capacity as a constable or the Police Department; or
      1. any person in his or her capacity as a member of Statistics New Zealand,—
          1. to comply with any requirement imposed pursuant to any of those sections.

        Notes
        • Section 25(b): amended, on , pursuant to section 116(a)(ii) of the Policing Act 2008 (2008 No 72).
        • Section 25(c): amended, on , pursuant to section 2(7) of the Statistics Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 159).