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Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1992

Requests to New Zealand - Requests for surveillance device warrants - Other applicable provisions of Search and Surveillance Act 2012

50J: Transmission of warrant

You could also call this:

"Sending a surveillance warrant to the right people"

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When you get a surveillance device warrant, it works like a search warrant. This means section 105 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 applies to it. It tells you how the warrant is sent.

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Part 3Requests to New Zealand
Requests for surveillance device warrants: Other applicable provisions of Search and Surveillance Act 2012

50JTransmission of warrant

  1. Section 105 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 applies in relation to a surveillance device warrant issued under this subpart as if a reference in that section to a search warrant were a reference to that surveillance device warrant.

Notes
  • Section 50J: inserted, on , by section 40 of the Budapest Convention and Related Matters Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 39).