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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 Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003

284: Amendments to Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003

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"Changes to the rules for buying and selling cars in New Zealand"

This section changes the Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003. You can find the Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003 on the New Zealand legislation website. The changes affect who can issue a search warrant and how it is done, following the rules in the Search and Surveillance Act 2012. Some parts of the Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003 are removed and replaced with new rules.

You can find more information about the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 on the New Zealand legislation website. The new rules say that some parts of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 apply to search warrants. However, some rules only apply to police officers.

Some sections of the Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003 are completely removed.

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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 Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003

284Amendments to Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003

  1. This section amends the Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003.

  2. Section 130(1) is amended by omitting District Court Judge, Community Magistrate, Justice of the Peace, or Registrar of a District Court may issue a search warrant for any place if satisfied, on application in writing made on oath, and substituting issuing officer (within the meaning of section 3 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012) may issue a search warrant for any place if satisfied, on application made in the manner provided in subpart 3 of Part 4 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012,.

  3. Section 130 is amended by repealing subsection (2) and substituting the following subsections:

  4. The provisions of Part 4 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 apply.

  5. Despite subsection (2), sections 118 and 119 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 apply only in respect of a constable.

  6. Sections 131 to 140 are repealed.

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