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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 regulatory purposes - Amendments to Fair Trading Act 1986

316: Amendments to Fair Trading Act 1986

You could also call this:

"Changes to the Fair Trading Act 1986 to match new search and surveillance rules"

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This law changes the Fair Trading Act 1986. You can find the Fair Trading Act 1986 on the New Zealand legislation website. It updates some rules to match the Search and Surveillance Act 2012. The law updates who can do certain jobs, like an issuing officer. It also changes how some applications are made, to match the Search and Surveillance Act 2012. You can find more information about this on the New Zealand legislation website. Some parts of the law are removed and replaced with new rules. These new rules say that some parts of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 apply. Other parts of the law, like sections 47A to 47E, are removed completely.

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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 Fair Trading Act 1986

316Amendments to Fair Trading Act 1986

  1. This section amends the Fair Trading Act 1986.

  2. Section 47(2) is amended by—

  3. omitting A District Court Judge, Justice, Community Magistrate, or Court Registrar (not being a constable) and substituting An issuing officer (within the meaning of section 3 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012); and
    1. omitting on oath and substituting in the manner provided for an application for a search warrant in subpart 3 of Part 4 of that Act.

      1. Section 47 is amended by repealing subsection (3) and substituting the following subsection:

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

      3. Sections 47A to 47E are repealed.

      Notes