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Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Amendments, repeals, and miscellaneous provisions - Amendments to search and seizure powers in other enactments (and to related provisions) used for law enforcement purposes or for law enforcement and regulatory purposes - Amendments to Food Act 1981

253: Amendments to Food Act 1981

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"Changes to the Food Act 1981 to update food laws and include new search rules"

This section changes the Food Act 1981. You can find the Food Act 1981 on the New Zealand legislation website. It updates some parts of the law.

Some rules from the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 now apply to food. These rules are about searching and keeping things that might be against the law. You can find the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 on the New Zealand legislation website.

The law also changes who can ask for a search warrant. An officer can ask for a search warrant if they are allowed to by the Director-General. They can do this under section 6 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012.

Some words in the law are changed or removed. For example, the words "employed by the Ministry" are removed from section 14(4)(a). The law also updates section 15A to refer to the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 instead of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957.

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Part 5Amendments, repeals, and miscellaneous provisions
Amendments to search and seizure powers in other enactments (and to related provisions) used for law enforcement purposes or for law enforcement and regulatory purposes: Amendments to Food Act 1981

253Amendments to Food Act 1981

  1. This section amends the Food Act 1981.

  2. Section 12 is amended by inserting the following subsection after subsection (2):

  3. Subject to sections 14 and 16, the provisions of Part 4 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 (except subparts 2 and 3, sections 118, 119, 125(4), 131(5)(f), and 133, and subparts 6 and 8) apply in respect of any seizure and detention under subsection (2)(i) or (j).

  4. Section 13 is amended by inserting the following subsection after subsection (1):

  5. Subject to sections 14 and 16, the provisions of Part 4 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 (except subparts 2 and 3, sections 118, 119, 125(4), 131(5)(f), and 133, and subparts 6 and 8) apply in respect of any seizure and detention under subsection (1)(d).

  6. Section 14(4)(a) is amended by omitting employed by the Ministry.

  7. Section 15A is amended by omitting section 198 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957 and substituting section 6 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012.

  8. Section 15A is amended by adding the following subsection as subsection (2):

  9. An officer who is authorised in writing by the Director-General to apply for search warrants in relation to the offences referred to in subsection (1) may apply for such a warrant under section 6 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 as if that officer were a constable.

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