The Commissioner of Police has a role in the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993. You need to know that the Commissioner can give some of their powers to others. However, the part of the law that says how the Commissioner can do this is no longer valid, it was repealed on 7 May 2015 by section 8 of the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification (Objectionable Publications) Amendment Act 2015.
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144: Attorney-General's consent required for private prosecutions of certain publications offences, or
"Get Attorney-General's okay to prosecute certain publication offences"
145A: Extraterritorial jurisdiction for certain offences as required by Optional Protocol, or
"New Zealand can charge you with a crime even if it happened overseas, especially for child pornography offences"
