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 Marine Mammals Protection Act 1978

275: New section 14 substituted

You could also call this:

"Searching places: how police get a warrant to look for evidence of law breaking"

If you are an officer, you can ask for a warrant to search a place. You need to apply in a certain way, as set out in the Search and Surveillance Act 2012. The person who decides about the warrant, called an issuing officer, must think there are good reasons to suspect that someone has broken, is breaking, or will break the Marine Mammals Protection Act 1978 or its rules.

You can get a warrant to search a house, building, car, plane, or boat. The issuing officer must be satisfied that someone has, is, or will break the law, or has prepared to break it. When you get a warrant, you must follow the rules set out in Part 4 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012.

The rules about getting a warrant are in the Search and Surveillance Act 2012. These rules apply when you are searching for evidence of a breach of the Marine Mammals Protection Act 1978. You can find more information about the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 on the New Zealand legislation website.

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This page was last updated on 24 May 2025

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274: Powers of search, or

"What happens when authorities search for something"

276: Amendments to Marine Reserves Act 1971, or

"Changes to the Marine Reserves Act 1971 to update search rules"

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 Marine Mammals Protection Act 1978

275New section 14 substituted

Section 14 is repealed and the following section substituted:
14Officer may obtain warrant
1. An issuing officer (within the meaning of section 3 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012) may, on application by an officer made in the manner provided in subpart 3 of Part 4 of that Act, issue a search warrant, to an officer named in the warrant, authorising the entry and search of any dwellinghouse, place, vehicle, aircraft, or hovercraft if the issuing officer is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that—
2. any breach of this Act or any regulation made under it has been, is being, or will be committed; or
3. preparation has been made to commit a breach of this kind.
4. The provisions of Part 4 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 apply.