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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 Reserves Act 1977

299: Amendments to Reserves Act 1977

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"Changes to the rules for searching and seizing things in reserves"

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This law changes the Reserves Act 1977. You can find the Reserves Act 1977 on the New Zealand legislation website. It updates what an officer is. An officer is a ranger, constable, or someone who works for an administering body and is allowed to use the powers of an officer. This law also changes what happens when something is seized. It removes some words from Section 95 and adds new ones to Section 95 and Section 100. These changes affect how searches and seizures are done in reserves, following the Search and Surveillance Act 2012. You can find the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 on the New Zealand legislation website. The law now says that some parts of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 apply to searches and seizures in reserves.

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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 Reserves Act 1977

299Amendments to Reserves Act 1977

  1. This section amends the Reserves Act 1977.

  2. Section 93 is amended by repealing subsection (5) and substituting the following subsection:

  3. In this section, officer means—

  4. any ranger or constable; and
    1. any officer or employee of an administering body who is authorised by that body to exercise the powers of an officer under this Part.

      1. Section 95(1) is amended by omitting , and shall be retained by the administering body, or by the Commissioner if there is no administering body, pending the trial of that person for the offence in respect of which it was seized.

      2. Section 95(2) is amended by—

      3. omitting then and substituting then, despite subpart 6 of Part 4 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012,; and
        1. repealing paragraph (c).

          1. Section 95 is amended by repealing subsection (6) and substituting the following subsections:

          2. Any firearm, trap, net, or other like object found illegally in the possession of any person in any reserve, and any tool or instrument or other equipment found in the possession of any person in any reserve and used in committing an offence in the reserve may be seized by any officer (within the meaning of section 93(5)).

          3. Subject to subsection (2), the provisions of Part 4 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 (except subpart 3) apply in respect of the seizure of any thing under this section.

          4. Section 100 is amended by repealing subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:

          5. The provisions of Part 4 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 (except subpart 3) apply in respect of any entry, search, or seizure conducted under this section.

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