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Dispersal notices and non-consorting orders - Dispersal notices - Duration and terms of notice

16: Terms of dispersal notice

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“What a dispersal notice tells you and how long it lasts”

When you get a dispersal notice, it must tell you some important things. It needs to have your name and when you were born. It also needs to say when the notice was given to you and when the gathering happened that the notice is about. The notice will tell you where the gathering took place.

The notice will list the names of people you can’t be with in public places while the notice is working. It will say that the notice lasts for 7 days from when the gathering happened, unless someone stops it sooner.

The notice will also tell you that there are some times when you can still be with the named people in public, and it will say you can ask to change the notice. It will warn you that it’s against the law to be with the named people in public while the notice is working.

You’ll be told that you can ask for someone to look at the notice again. The notice will give you contact details for the police so you can ask for changes or for someone to look at it again. There might be other information in the notice too, if the rules say it needs to be there.

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Dispersal notices: Duration and terms of notice

16Terms of dispersal notice

  1. A dispersal notice must—

  2. state the following information:
    1. the name and date of birth of the person to whom the notice is issued:
      1. the date on which the notice was issued:
        1. the date on which the gathering to which the notice relates took place:
          1. the address or location where the gathering to which the notice relates took place; and
          2. specify the name of each named person with whom the person must not associate in a public place while the notice is in effect; and
            1. include the following information:
              1. a statement that, unless sooner revoked, the notice continues in effect for 7 days starting on the day on which the gathering to which it relates took place:
                1. a statement that the notice does not prevent the person from associating with a named person in a public place if any of the circumstances specified in section 17 apply:
                  1. a statement that the person may apply for a variation of the notice under section 18:
                    1. a statement that associating with a named person in a public place while the notice is in effect constitutes an offence against section 19:
                      1. a statement that the person may apply for a review of the notice under section 20:
                        1. the contact details of New Zealand Police where the person may apply for a review of the notice or for any variations to the notice to be considered:
                          1. any other information required by regulations made under section 33.