Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Amendments, repeals, and miscellaneous provisions - Regulation-making powers, transitional provisions, and review provision - Review provision

357: Review of operation of Act

You could also call this:

"Checking how well the Search and Surveillance Act is working"

The Minister of Justice has to look at how the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 is working by 30 June 2016. You will be interested in how the Minister does this. The Minister must ask the Law Commission and the Ministry of Justice to consider how the Act's provisions have been working since it started. They also have to think about whether these provisions should be kept or removed, and if they are kept, whether the Act needs any changes.

The Law Commission and the Ministry of Justice have to work together to write a report about these matters and give it to the Minister of Justice within one year. You can expect this report to be important. The Minister of Justice then has to give a copy of this report to the House of Representatives as soon as possible after getting it.

The Minister of Justice is responsible for making sure this happens. You can see how the law is being reviewed. The report will help the Minister of Justice understand how the Act is working and what changes might be needed.

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356: Regulations providing for transitional matters, or

"Rules to help when the law changes"

Schedule : Powers in other enactments to which all or part of Part 4 of Search and Surveillance Act 2012 applies, or

"Powers to search and seize: rules for investigating crimes under New Zealand laws"

Part 5Amendments, repeals, and miscellaneous provisions
Regulation-making powers, transitional provisions, and review provision: Review provision

357Review of operation of Act

The Minister of Justice must, not later than 30 June 2016, refer to the Law Commission and the Ministry of Justice for consideration the following matters:
the operation of the provisions of this Act since the date of the commencement of this section:
whether those provisions should be retained or repealed:
if they should be retained, whether any amendments to this Act are necessary or desirable.

The Law Commission and the Ministry must report jointly on those matters to the Minister of Justice within 1 year of the date on which the reference occurs.
The Minister of Justice must present a copy of the report provided under this section to the House of Representatives as soon as practicable after receiving it.