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

355: References to enforcement officer during transitional period

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"What 'enforcement officer' means during a special time period"

When the New Zealand Customs Service is allowed to do certain activities, you need to understand that a Customs officer is also considered an enforcement officer. This happens during a special time period that starts when the government makes an Order in Council under section 50(1) and ends when sections 220 to 229 are all in force.

If the Department of Internal Affairs is allowed to do certain activities, then an inspector is also considered an enforcement officer during a special time period. This time period starts when the government makes an Order in Council under section 50(1) and ends when sections 241 to 244 are all in force.

The definition of enforcement officer is found in section 3(1) and it includes these people during the special time period. An inspector is someone who is defined in section 2 of the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993.

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354: Transitional provision relating to Criminal Procedure Act 2011, or

"Temporary changes to the law until a certain date"

356: Regulations providing for transitional matters, or

"Rules to help when the law changes"

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

355References to enforcement officer during transitional period

If the New Zealand Customs Service is approved, under an Order in Council made under section 50(1), to undertake any activity specified in that subsection, then the definition of enforcement officer in section 3(1) is, in the period commencing with the commencement of that order and ending on the first day on which all of sections 220 to 229 are in force, taken to include a Customs officer.
If the Department of Internal Affairs is approved, under an Order in Council made under section 50(1), to undertake any activity specified in that subsection, then the definition of enforcement officer in section 3(1) is, in the period commencing with the commencement of that order and ending on the first day on which all of sections 241 to 244 are in force, taken to include an inspector within the meaning of section 2 of the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993.