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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 Wildlife Act 1953

309: Amendments to Wildlife Act 1953

You could also call this:

"Changes to the Wildlife Act 1953 to update warrant rules"

This section changes the Wildlife Act 1953. You can find the Wildlife Act 1953 on the New Zealand legislation website. The changes affect what a judge or magistrate can do when issuing a warrant. They also change how long a warrant can last.

Some words in the Wildlife Act 1953 are replaced with new words. For example, "Justice or Community Magistrate" is replaced with "issuing officer", which is explained in the Search and Surveillance Act 2012. The new words also change how a warrant is issued, from "probable cause to suspect" to "satisfied on reasonable grounds".

The Wildlife Act 1953 now includes some rules from the Search and Surveillance Act 2012. You can find these rules in Part 4 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012, but it does not include sections 118 and 119. Another part of the Wildlife Act 1953, section 56A, is also changed to refer to different sections of another act.

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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 Wildlife Act 1953

309Amendments to Wildlife Act 1953

  1. This section amends the Wildlife Act 1953.

  2. The proviso to section 39(1)(f) is amended by—

  3. omitting Justice or Community Magistrate who is satisfied on oath that there is probable cause to suspect and substituting issuing officer (within the meaning of section 3 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012) who is satisfied on reasonable grounds; and
    1. omitting at such time or times in the day or night as are mentioned in the warrant, but no such warrant shall continue in force for more than 14 days from the date thereof.

      1. Section 39 is amended by adding the following subsection:

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

      3. Section 56A is amended by omitting 149C(1) and (2), 149D, and substituting 149C(1) to (3).

      Notes