Part 3Requests to New Zealand
Requests for surveillance device warrants: Interpretation
50AInterpretation
In this subpart,—
District Court Judge means a Judge appointed under the District Court Act 2016
eligible offence, for highly restricted surveillance, means—
- an offence that would be punishable by imprisonment for a term of 7 years or more if the offence were committed in New Zealand; or
- an offence that relates to the same or substantially similar conduct as an offence against any of the following provisions of the Arms Act 1983:
- for trespass surveillance other than by means of a tracking device, section 16(4), 16A, 42A, 42B, 43, 43AA, 44, 44AA, 44A, 45, 50, 50AA, 50A, 50B, 50C, 50CA, 50D, 51, 53A(2), 54, 55, or 55A:
- for surveillance by means of an interception device, section 16(4), 16A, 42A, 42B, 44, 44A, 45, 50, 50A, 50B, 50C, 50D, 51, 53A(2), 54, 55, or 55A; or
- for trespass surveillance other than by means of a tracking device, section 16(4), 16A, 42A, 42B, 43, 43AA, 44, 44AA, 44A, 45, 50, 50AA, 50A, 50B, 50C, 50CA, 50D, 51, 53A(2), 54, 55, or 55A:
- an offence that relates to the same or substantially similar conduct as an offence against section 25, 26, or 70 of the Psychoactive Substances Act 2013; or
- an offence against section 308A of the Crimes Act 1961
material includes intangible material (for example, computer data or a computer program)
raw surveillance data—
- means actual video recordings or actual audio recordings; and
- includes full transcripts, or substantial parts of transcripts, of audio recordings.
- an offence that would be punishable by imprisonment for a term of 7 years or more if the offence were committed in New Zealand; or
Notes
- Section 50A: inserted, on , by section 40 of the Budapest Convention and Related Matters Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 39).


