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Fair Trading Act 1986

Miscellaneous provisions

47E: Power to inspect documents and goods

You could also call this:

“This part of the law about checking papers and things was removed”

The law used to have a section called ‘Power to inspect documents and goods’. This section was part of the Fair Trading Act 1986. However, this part of the law no longer exists. It was removed on 1 October 2012. The government made this change when they created a new law called the Search and Surveillance Act 2012.

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View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM97333.

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Part 6 Miscellaneous provisions

47EPower to inspect documents and goods (Repealed)

    Notes
    • Section 47E: repealed, on , by section 316(4) of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 (2012 No 24).