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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 Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1989

298: Further amendments to Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1989

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"Changes to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1989 about search warrants"

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You will see some changes to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1989. The law about who can issue a search warrant is changing, it now says an issuing officer can do this. You can find out what an issuing officer is by looking at the Search and Surveillance Act 2012. Some parts of the law are being repealed or substituted, this means they are being removed or replaced. The changes affect sections like section 157ZM and section 157ZN. These changes are part of the updates to the law. The law also talks about the Search and Surveillance Act 2012, you can find more information about this act by looking at the related links. The changes to the law are important to understand how search warrants work. You can learn more about the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 to understand these changes better.

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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 Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1989

298Further amendments to Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1989

  1. Section 157ZM(1) is amended by omitting A Judge of the High Court or a District Court Judge may issue a search warrant in terms of clause 5 of Schedule 4 to a person appointed under section 157ZJ(2)(b) if the Judge and substituting An issuing officer (within the meaning of section 3 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012) may issue a search warrant to a person appointed under section 157ZJ(2)(b) if the issuing officer.

  2. Section 157ZM is amended by repealing subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:

  3. The provisions of Part 4 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 (except sections 118 and 119) apply.

  4. Section 157ZN(1)(b) is amended by omitting ; and.

  5. Section 157ZN(1)(c) is repealed.

  6. Section 157ZN(3)(b) is repealed.

  7. Section 157ZN(3)(c) is amended by omitting or a search warrant issued under section 157ZM.

  8. Schedule 4 is repealed.