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 regulatory purposes - Amendments to Electricity Act 1992

315: Amendments to Electricity Act 1992

You could also call this:

"Changes to the rules for entering homes under the Electricity Act"

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This law changes the Electricity Act 1992. You can find the Electricity Act 1992 on the New Zealand legislation website. It updates the rules for entering a home. The law says that to enter a home, you need a special paper called a warrant. This warrant must be given by an issuing officer, who is someone with the power to give warrants under the Search and Surveillance Act 2012. You can find more information about the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 on the New Zealand legislation website. Some parts of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 now apply to getting a warrant to enter a home under the Electricity Act 1992. These parts say how to apply for a warrant and what happens when a warrant is given. You can find these parts in the Search and Surveillance Act 2012.

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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 regulatory purposes: Amendments to Electricity Act 1992

315Amendments to Electricity Act 1992

This section amends the Electricity Act 1992.
Section 159(1) is amended by repealing paragraph (e) and substituting the following paragraph:
entry into a dwellinghouse must be authorised by a warrant issued by an issuing officer (within the meaning of section 3 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012) on an application made in the manner provided for an application for a search warrant in subpart 3 of Part 4 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012.
Section 159 is amended by adding the following subsection:

Subparts 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 10 of Part 4 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 apply in respect of an application for, and issue of, a warrant under subsection (1)(e).

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