Sentencing Act 2002

Police can arrest you without a warrant if you break detention rules

80V: Arrest without warrant for breach of detention or post-detention conditions

Sentencing Act 2002

It's an offence to take a confiscated vehicle without permission

133: Offence to remove confiscated vehicle

Sentencing Act 2002

Refusing to let an authorised person into your home can be a crime

80ZS: Offence to refuse authorised person entry to offender’s residential address

Sentencing Act 2002

Why the police collect information like fingerprints and photos from people who break the law

80ZMA: Purpose of collecting biometric information

Sentencing Act 2002

Orders that stop people from having guns.

Conservation Act 1987

Rules for when authorities can take or put down dogs in certain areas

26ZZL: Seizure and destruction of dogs

Conservation Act 1987

Keeping dog owner information private

26ZZN: Supply of information in relation to ownership of dogs

Conservation Act 1987

What happens when an officer asks for your details in a controlled dog area

26ZZR: Power of warranted officer to request information

Conservation Act 1987

What powers do conservation officers have to enforce the law?

40: Powers of warranted officers

Conservation Act 1987

Respecting conservation officers: what you can and can't do

41: Offences in respect of warranted officers and fish and game rangers

Conservation Act 1987

Getting a reward for helping catch someone breaking conservation laws

47: Information leading to conviction

Conservation Act 1987

Officers can ask for your details if they think you broke a conservation rule

40A: Power to require information

Weights and Measures Act 1987

Infringement notice protects you from getting a criminal record

32BA: Effect of infringement notice

Parole Act 2002

Police get told when you're released from prison and what rules you must follow

54: Police must be advised

Parole Act 2002

What happens to you if the police arrest you because of an interim recall order

63: What happens when interim recall order made

Parole Act 2002

Constables are protected by the law to keep them safe while doing their job

66A: Protection of constables

Parole Act 2002

The police can arrest you without a warrant if you break parole rules or don't follow your release conditions.

73: Arrest without warrant

Parole Act 2002

Police can enter a property to arrest someone if they have a good reason to think the person is there

73A: Power to enter premises to arrest

Parole Act 2002

Where and when you might have to take a test if you're an offender

16D: Where prescribed testing procedure may be carried out

Parole Act 2002

Why the government collects fingerprints and photos of offenders to keep the public safe

14A: Purpose of collecting biometric information under section 14(1)(fb)

Parole Act 2002

Why the law collects biometric information to keep people safe

107JB: Purpose of collecting biometric information under section 107JA(1)(eb)

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Police must follow the plans made by a family group conference.

35: Police to comply with decisions, recommendations, and plans of family group conference

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Warrants to keep children safe from harm

39: Place of safety warrants

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Police can search a place without permission to keep a child safe

42: Search without warrant

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Help for kids and teens who are alone and need a safe place to stay

48: Unaccompanied children and young persons

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

When two people apply together for help to keep a child safe

69: Joint applications

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

When officials can enter and search a place

123: Power of entry

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Someone doing a warrant must show you their ID and prove they're allowed to be there

124: Person executing warrant to produce evidence of authority and identity

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

This part is about helping keep people safe across Australia and New Zealand.

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Police can give warnings or formal cautions to help young people learn from their mistakes.

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

When you do something wrong, police consider a warning instead of taking you to court.

209: Consideration of warning as alternative to prosecution

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

When a police officer gives you a warning for doing something wrong

210: Administration of warning

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

A formal Police caution is a warning from a senior Police officer when you do something wrong.

211: Formal Police caution

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Getting a warning or caution: what you need to know

212: Notice of warning or caution

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Police can arrest a child or young person without a warrant in certain situations.

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

When can the police arrest a child or young person without a warrant?

214: Arrest of child or young person without warrant

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

You have the right to know your rights before a police officer asks you questions.

215: Child or young person to be informed of rights before questioned by enforcement officer

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Know Your Rights: Enforcement Officers Must Explain Things to You

215A: Rights to be explained to child or young person on request

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

When an enforcement officer thinks you might have done something wrong, they must explain your rights to you before charging you.

216: Enforcement officer to explain rights to child or young person who is to be charged with offence

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

When arrested, police must explain your rights to you

217: Rights to be explained to child or young person who is arrested

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Police must explain things to you in a way that's easy for you to understand.

218: Explanations to be given in manner and language appropriate to age and level of understanding of child or young person

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Other laws still apply when you need to give information to the police or other officials.

220: Other enactments requiring information or particulars not affected

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

What happens when kids and teens are questioned by the police and want to make a statement

221: Admissibility of statements made by children and young persons

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Who can help you when you're talking to the police

222: Persons who may be nominated for the purposes of section 221(2)(b) or (c)

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Your right to talk to a lawyer when questioned by police

227: Child or young person at enforcement agency office for questioning in relation to commission or possible commission of offence or arrested entitled to consult with barrister or solicitor

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Telling parents and others when a child is being questioned or arrested by the police.

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Police must tell a trusted adult when a child or young person is at the police station.

229: Parents or guardians or other persons to be informed where child or young person at enforcement agency office for questioning in relation to commission or possible commission of offence or is arrested

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

What you say to visitors at the police station is private and can't be used against you.

230: Evidence of communications during visit not admissible

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Who can support you when you're questioned or arrested

231: Persons who may be nominated for the purposes of section 229(1)(a)

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Police must tell you and your parents or caregivers what you are charged with when you get in trouble with the law.

232: Notice of offence with which child or young person charged to be given to parents or guardians or other persons having care of child or young person

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Rules about drink-driving are not changed for young people.

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Drinking and driving laws are not changed by this act.

233: Breath-alcohol and blood-alcohol provisions of Land Transport Act 1998 not affected

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

What happens to you if you're a child or young person and you get arrested

234: Custody of child or young person following arrest

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

What happens if you're arrested: you might be cared for by Oranga Tamariki.

235: Child or young person who is arrested may be placed in custody of chief executive

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

What happens if you're a young person and get arrested by the Police

236: Young person who is arrested may be detained in Police custody

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Police can't charge you unless they talk to a special helper and your family first.

245: Proceedings not to be instituted against young person unless youth justice co-ordinator consulted and family group conference held

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Police can search a place without permission to keep you safe

318: Search without warrant

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Staff can search you if they think you have something you're not allowed to have in a residence.

384C: Child or young person may be searched to detect unauthorised items

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Searching with dogs: what you need to know when Oranga Tamariki staff search you with a trained dog

384D: Use of dogs for searching

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Staff can search a child or young person's body if they think they have something harmful on them.

384E: Child or young person may be strip searched

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Before searching you or your things, they must tell you why and what might happen next.

384F: Explanation of purpose and consequences of inspections and searches

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Rules to Keep You Safe During Searches

384G: Restrictions on searches

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Staff can only use force when searching you if it's necessary to keep you or others safe.

384H: Use of force in carrying out search

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Keeping a record of when someone checks or searches a place

384I: Recording of inspections and searches

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Staff can take things that aren't allowed when they search a place, and they must follow the rules.

384K: Power to seize articles, etc, found on inspection or search

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

When police or special workers need to find a missing child, they can get a special paper to search a place

386: Search warrants

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Tell the police if a child or young person dies

395: Police to be notified of deaths

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

When and how police can use a special order called a warrant

443: Issue and execution of warrants

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Police need a special paper to search someone's place.

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

When taking action with a warrant, you must show it and prove who you are.

445A: Person executing warrant to produce evidence of authority and identity

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Using a copy of a warrant when you don't have the original

445B: Authority to use facsimile copy of warrant

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

When the police get a special paper called a warrant to keep people safe, they can use it at any time.

445C: Issue and execution of warrants

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Breaking the law: what happens if you stop Oranga Tamariki workers from doing their job

446: Offences

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

What happens when a police officer carries out a special order to find a young person

296D: Execution of warrant under section 296C

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Wearing an electronic tracker to make sure you follow the rules of your curfew

296K: Electronic monitoring

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

What happens if you break your curfew rules as a young person

296L: Powers to detain and return, and arrest, young person breaching curfew condition

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Some search rules from the Search and Surveillance Act apply to certain Oranga Tamariki warrants

445D: Certain provisions of Search and Surveillance Act 2012 apply to some warrants

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Police can arrest you without a warrant if you break your bail rules more than once.

214A: Arrest of child or young person in breach of bail condition

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Keeping secrets: when officials can't share information you told them in confidence

66B: Restrictions on disclosure of information under section 66A

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Arrest of a 17-year-old on bail: Police can arrest you without a warrant if you break bail rules.

214B: Arrest of person aged 17 years released on bail by District Court or High Court

Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002

What a warrant must look like and what it must say

79: Form and content of warrant

Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002

What a police officer can do with a special search permission

80: Powers conferred by warrant

Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002

What happens to information or documents that police take during an emergency?

81: Disposal of information

Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002

People in charge can enter homes or buildings to help keep you safe during an emergency.

87: Entry on premises

Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002

When to leave a place for safety

94K: Evacuation of premises and places

Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002

Emergency workers can enter properties to help people in danger or distress

94L: Entry on premises and places

Trade Marks Act 2002

How police can enter and search a place using a special permission paper

Trade Marks Act 2002

Rules about how officials can enter places and look around

Trade Marks Act 2002

Police can check shops and stalls to make sure everything is okay

134D: Enforcement officer’s power of entry and examination without warrant

Trade Marks Act 2002

Rules for people who come to search or check your place

134P: Powers and duties of person exercising power of entry and search or power of entry and examination

Trade Marks Act 2002

How to ask for permission to search for trade mark stuff

134G: Application for search warrant

Trade Marks Act 2002

How search warrants are written and what they must include

134I: Form and content of search warrant

Trade Marks Act 2002

Making a list of items taken during a search

134Q: Inventory of things seized

Trade Marks Act 2002

Sometimes you can wait to tell people about a search if it keeps everyone safe

134R: Compliance with certain provisions may be deferred in certain circumstances

Trade Marks Act 2002

Asking a court to return your stuff that was taken

134U: Application for order to return things seized

Trade Marks Act 2002

Officials can sell or throw away things that might go bad quickly

134W: Disposal of perishable things

Trade Marks Act 2002

Police can ask a judge to see important papers for investigating trademark crimes

134X: Enforcement officer may apply for production order

Trade Marks Act 2002

Police or trade mark officers can ask a judge for permission to search

134F: Enforcement officer or constable may apply for search warrant

Trade Marks Act 2002

How long can police or officials keep things they take during an investigation?

134T: Period things seized may be retained

Trade Marks Act 2002

How enforcement officers get their official ID cards

134B: Authority to act as enforcement officer

Trade Marks Act 2002

What an enforcement officer can do when checking a place without a warrant

134E: What enforcement officer and person assisting may do when exercising power of entry and examination without warrant

Trade Marks Act 2002

How to ask for permission to search a place

134H: Mode of application for search warrant

Trade Marks Act 2002

How a search can happen without the actual warrant

134J: Transmission of search warrant

Trade Marks Act 2002

Rules for keeping papers about search warrants

134K: Retention of documents

Trade Marks Act 2002

When a search is finished and the warrant is completed

134L: When search warrant is executed

Trade Marks Act 2002

How police can search a place with a special permission slip

134M: Powers of entry and search under warrant

Trade Marks Act 2002

People helping with searches must follow instructions and can do specific tasks

134N: Powers of persons called to assist

Trade Marks Act 2002

Rules for entering and searching places under the Trade Marks Act

134O: Application of sections 134P to 134S

Trade Marks Act 2002

What an enforcement officer can do with documents they receive

134Z: Powers of enforcement officer to whom documents produced

Trade Marks Act 2002

Police officers can act like trade mark enforcement officers

134ZB: Powers of Police

Trade Marks Act 2002

Keeping some information private when Customs officers investigate

155I: Other privileges

Trade Marks Act 2002

Doing your job honestly and carefully means you won't get in trouble

155K: No liability if powers exercised in good faith

Gambling Act 2003

The Gambling Commission checks people who want a casino licence to make sure they are trustworthy.

125: Gambling Commission must investigate application concerning casino licences

Gambling Act 2003

Apply to stop or cancel a gambling worker's approval

166: Application for suspension or cancellation of certificate of approval

Gambling Act 2003

The Government must inform the Police when someone gets a gambling licence.

202: Secretary must notify Police if licence granted

Gambling Act 2003

Telling authorities who you are if they think you've broken gambling laws

304: Power to require particulars

Gambling Act 2003

Remove someone from a gambling venue if they're not allowed to be there

311: Requirement to remove person who enters gambling venue in breach of exclusion order

Gambling Act 2003

Gambling inspectors can visit places with gambling to check rules are being followed

334: Power of gambling inspector to enter and demand information

Gambling Act 2003

Inspectors can take casino equipment if they think it's used for a crime

335: Power of gambling inspector to seize equipment in casino venue

Gambling Act 2003

Inspectors can take gambling equipment in public if it might be evidence of a crime.

336: Power of gambling inspector to seize equipment in public place

Gambling Act 2003

What jobs the Police must do and what powers they have to control gambling.

339: Functions and powers of Police

Gambling Act 2003

Police can get special permission to search places to help stop harm from gambling.

Gambling Act 2003

Police or inspectors can get a special permit to search a place if they think a gambling crime has happened there

340: Search warrants

Gambling Act 2003

What needs to be on a police search warrant paper

341: Form and content of search warrant

Gambling Act 2003

What a search warrant lets you do

342: Powers conferred by search warrant

Gambling Act 2003

Rules for police when searching a place with a special search warrant

343: Requirements when executing search warrant

Gambling Act 2003

Police can arrest you at a searched place if they think you've committed a crime

344: Police may arrest persons found at place

Gambling Act 2003

What happens to things taken by police with a search warrant

345: Disposal of things seized under search warrant

Gambling Act 2003

Gambling inspectors and police are not in trouble for doing their job, even if it normally breaks the law.

349: Gambling inspectors and Police not criminally liable

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Protecting Your Rights While Keeping You Safe

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

What the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 is about

1: Title

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

What special words mean in the Search and Surveillance Act 2012

3: Interpretation

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

The government must follow this law too

4: Act binds the Crown

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Police have special powers. They can search you or your things. They can stop your car.

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

A police officer can get a special permit to search a place if they think a crime has happened.

6: Issuing officer may issue search warrant

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Police can enter a place to arrest someone who is hiding and not supposed to be free.

7: Entry without warrant to arrest person unlawfully at large

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Police can enter a place without permission if they think a suspect will escape or hide evidence.

8: Entry without warrant to avoid loss of offender or evidential material

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Police can stop a vehicle to arrest someone without a warrant.

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Police can stop a car to catch someone who has broken the law or is hiding from them.

9: Stopping vehicle to find persons unlawfully at large or who have committed certain offences

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

What police can do after stopping a vehicle to arrest someone

10: Powers and duties of constable after vehicle stopped

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Police can search you without permission when you're locked up or waiting to be locked up at a Police station.

11: Warrantless searches of people who are, or are to be, locked up in Police custody

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Who can search you when you're in police custody

12: Searchers

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

What happens to your belongings when you're in Police custody

13: Property taken from people locked up in Police custody

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Police can enter without permission to stop something bad happening or to keep people safe.

14: Warrantless entry to prevent offence or respond to risk to life or safety

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Police can search you in public without a warrant if they think you've committed a serious crime.

16: Searching people in public place without warrant for evidential material relating to certain offences

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Police can search your vehicle in a public place without a warrant if they think it has evidence of a serious crime.

17: Warrantless entry and search of vehicle for evidential material relating to certain offences

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Police can search you without permission if they think you're breaking arms laws.

18: Warrantless searches associated with arms

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Police can search without a warrant if they think a place or vehicle has illegal drugs and they need to act fast.

20: Warrantless search of places and vehicles in relation to some Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 offences

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Police can search you without a warrant if you're in a place or vehicle they're already searching

21: Warrantless searches of people found in or on places or vehicles

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Police can search you without a warrant if they think you have illegal drugs and suspect a crime.

22: Warrantless power to search for controlled drugs and precursor substances if offence suspected against Misuse of Drugs Act 1975

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Police can ask a doctor to check inside your body if they think you've hidden something related to a drug offence

23: Internal search of person under arrest for offence against section 6, 7, or 11 of Misuse of Drugs Act 1975

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

What happens if you don't let a doctor do an internal search when you're asking to be released on bail?

24: Effect of not permitting internal search under section 23 on bail application

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

What are disabling substances and offensive weapons in the law?

26: Meaning of disabling substance and offensive weapon in this subpart

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Police can search a vehicle without a warrant if they think someone inside has a banned weapon.

28: Stopping and searching vehicles without warrant if offence against section 202A of Crimes Act 1961 suspected

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Police can search a vehicle without permission if they think it has stolen goods inside.

29: Power to search vehicles without warrant for stolen property

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Police can set up a road block without a warrant to catch someone who has done something wrong

30: Obtaining authorisation for warrantless road block

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

How long a road block without a warrant can last and what needs to be recorded

31: Duration and record of warrantless road block authorisation

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Police can stop and search vehicles at road blocks without a warrant if they think a crime has been committed.

32: Authorised road blocks implemented without warrant

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Police can get special orders to examine things in businesses.

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

A police inspector or higher can ask a Judge for an order to question someone about a business crime.

33: Inspector or more senior officer may apply for examination order in business context

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

When police can question you about a serious crime at your workplace

34: Conditions for making examination order in business context

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Police can get a special order to examine things in situations that are not about businesses.

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

A police boss can ask a Judge to make someone answer questions in a non-work situation.

35: Inspector or more senior officer may apply for examination order in non-business context

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

When can police question you about a serious crime in a non-work situation?

36: Conditions for making examination order in non-business context

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Rules that apply when police ask to examine something

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Extra rules to follow when asking for an examination order

37: Other provisions that apply to examination order applications

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Police can get special orders to examine things and these orders say what they can and can't do.

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

What to expect when you get an order to answer questions

39: Form and content of examination order

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Rules about examining things that the police are allowed to look at

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

You can have a lawyer with you when you appear in front of a Commissioner.

40: Presence of lawyer

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

How long an examination order lasts

41: Duration of examination order

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Rules that also apply when you get an examination order

42: Other provisions that apply to examination orders

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

This law doesn't change a special defence called 'necessity' for people who aren't police officers.

44: Common law defence of necessity for people other than constables not affected by this Part

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Powers of enforcement officers: • They can watch people • They can listen in • They need permission to do this

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

When police need a special permit to spy on people

46: Activities for which surveillance device warrant required

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

When enforcement officers don't need a special permit to do their job

47: Some activities that do not require warrant under this subpart

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

No warrant needed in emergencies for surveillance devices to prevent serious crimes.

48: Surveillance device warrant need not be obtained for use of surveillance device in some situations of emergency or urgency

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Police can ask a judge for permission to use special devices to watch someone.

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

How to apply for a special permit to use a surveillance device to help solve a crime

49: Application for surveillance device warrant

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Extra rules to follow when applying for a surveillance device warrant

52: Other provisions that apply to surveillance device warrant applications

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Police can get a special warrant to use secret cameras or listening devices to help solve crimes.

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Who can give permission for a surveillance device warrant?

53: Who may issue surveillance device warrant

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Rules to stop spying on private chats between lawyers and clients

54: Restrictions on issue of surveillance device warrant

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

What a surveillance device warrant must look like and what it can be used for

55: Form and content of surveillance device warrant

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Officers can watch people and collect evidence to help solve other crimes.

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Doing surveillance when you have a special permit and following the rules

56: Carrying out authorised surveillance activities

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Rules for using hidden cameras and other surveillance devices to gather information.

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Rules that also apply when police use a surveillance device warrant

58: Other provisions that apply to surveillance device warrants

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Reports are made when special devices are used to watch or listen to people.

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Telling the Judge what happened with a surveillance device warrant

59: Surveillance device warrant report

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Telling a Judge about using a surveillance device in an emergency

60: Report on use of surveillance device in situation of urgency or emergency

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

What happens when a Judge gets a report about secret surveillance

61: Actions on receipt of surveillance device warrant report

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

What happens when a Judge gets a report about using a spy device in an emergency

62: Actions on receipt of report on use of surveillance device in situation of urgency or emergency

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

What special jobs and rules do enforcement officers have?

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

What special words mean in this law

70: Interpretation

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Police can ask for documents if they think a crime has been committed

71: Enforcement officer may apply for production order

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

When can police make someone hand over documents to help solve a crime?

72: Conditions for making production order

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Rules that also apply when asking for a production order

73: Other provisions that apply to production order applications

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

A police officer or judge can order you to give them something if they think you have it and it's needed for an investigation.

74: Issuing officer may make production order

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

What a production order must look like and what it must say

75: Form and content of production order

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

How long a production order lasts

76: Duration of production order

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Other rules apply to production orders, like those for search warrants.

77: Other provisions applying to production orders

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

What happens to documents you give to police because of a court order

78: Documents produced under production order

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Get a copy of your document back if the police keep the original

79: Copy of retained document to be given

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

What special words mean in this part of the law

80: Meaning of terms used in this subpart

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Police or Customs can search you, your things, or your vehicle without a warrant if they think you're involved in a drug crime

81: Searches of persons, places, and vehicles relating to deliveries under section 12 of Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 1978

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

When the law lets you arrest or detain someone, these rules apply to you, except for defence force workers.

82: Application of this subpart

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Police can search a car without permission after arresting someone if they think it has important evidence.

84: Warrantless entry and search of vehicle after arrest

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

What happens during a rub-down search when you're arrested or detained

85: Rub-down search of arrested or detained person

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

What you might be asked to do during a rub-down search

86: Things that can be done to facilitate rub-down search

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

A rub-down search can include a close look at your face, but nothing goes inside.

87: Rub-down search may include visual examination

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

When you're arrested, police can search you without permission if they think you have something dangerous or wrong.

88: Warrantless search of arrested or detained person

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Rules for Searching

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Rules about how searches and surveillance are carried out apply in certain situations.

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Rules for police and other law enforcement officers when they share jobs and things with other agencies

90: Application of rules in relation to enforcement officers and transfer of things between law enforcement agencies, etc

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Rules for when police search with your permission

91: Application of rules about consent searches

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

When can you agree to let an officer search you, your things, or your place?

92: Purposes for which consent search may be undertaken

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

What you must be told before someone searches you or your things with your permission

93: Advice that must be given before consent search undertaken

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

When you can't agree to a search, even if you want to

94: Circumstances where search by consent unlawful

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Kids under 14 can't agree to searches, except when driving alone.

95: Ability of persons under 14 years to consent to searches of places, vehicles, or other things

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

When can police search you without following the usual consent rules?

96: Exceptions to consent search rules

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

What special words mean in this law

97: Interpretation

Civil Aviation Act 1990

Airport security officers can check and remove unsafe items in special secure areas

80C: Powers and duties of aviation security officers relating to security enhanced areas

Civil Aviation Act 1990

Police can search you at the airport even if you say no

80F: Searches of persons refusing consent to be searched

Civil Aviation Act 1990

Keeping airports safe from crime

76: Aviation security

Civil Aviation Act 1990

Police-like powers for airport security to stop and search people who might be breaking laws

85: Powers of arrest and seizure of items or substances

Civil Aviation Act 1990

Police can arrest you if an aviation security officer thinks you've done something wrong

86: Arrest of persons delivered to Police

Civil Aviation Act 1990

Police can do what aviation security officers do to keep airports and planes safe

87: Powers of Police

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Inspectors can enter places to check smokefree and vaping rules are being followed

41A: Powers of entry and inspection

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

What enforcement officers can do under the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act

41C: Purposes for which powers may be used

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Police need a special paper to search a place, this is called a search warrant.

41BA: Search warrant

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

People doing their job to enforce this law are protected from getting in trouble

92: Protection of people acting under authority of this Act

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Enforcement officers can enter and inspect places to check if smokefree rules are being followed

93: Powers of entry and inspection

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

A police officer can get a special paper to search a place if they think someone has broken the law.

95: Search warrant

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

What enforcement officers must do when checking places and people

97: Duties of enforcement officers

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

What police officers can do if you're smoking or vaping in a car with a child

20E: Constable’s powers

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Rules for treating police officers with respect and obeying their instructions

20F: Offences in respect of constables

Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003

Police can search for and take you back to your care home if you run away

112: Warrant to enter and search places to retake escaped care recipients

Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003

Police can enter a place to help keep you safe without needing a special paper called a warrant.

113: Entry of place without warrant

Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003

What police must do when they enter a place

114: Matters to be observed when place entered

Resource Management Act 1991

Rules about following instructions to fix problems and stop noise

323: Compliance with abatement notice

Resource Management Act 1991

How police or officials can tell people to be quiet when they're making too much noise

327: Issue and effect of excessive noise direction

Resource Management Act 1991

Stopping excessive noise: what you must do when told to be quiet

328: Compliance with an excessive noise direction

Resource Management Act 1991

Asking for permission to search a place or vehicle for evidence of a crime

334: Application for warrant for entry for search

Resource Management Act 1991

Explains who can carry out a search warrant and how they should do it

335: Direction and execution of warrant for entry for search

Resource Management Act 1991

If the police take your stuff because you made too much noise, here's how you can get it back

336: Return of property seized under sections 323 and 328

Resource Management Act 1991

This law used to explain how to give back things that the police took during an investigation, but it's not used anymore.

337: Return of property seized under warrant

Resource Management Act 1991

Getting back things taken away because of too much noise

382A: Return of property seized under Noise Control Act 1982

Crown Minerals Act 1991

Asking for a special permit to search a place for something illegal

99C: Application for warrant for entry to search

Crown Minerals Act 1991

People doing their job under this law are protected from getting in trouble

99G: Protection of persons acting under authority of this Act

Crown Minerals Act 1991

What enforcement officers can do to stop people breaking the law

101C: Powers of enforcement officers

Wildlife Act 1953

What powers do rangers have to enforce the law and protect wildlife?

39: Powers of rangers

Wildlife Act 1953

Don't stop rangers or helpers from doing their job under the Wildlife Act

40: Obstructing persons acting under this Act

Wildlife Act 1953

Rangers can take things that might be evidence of a wildlife crime

39B: Power to seize evidential material

Wildlife Act 1953

Rangers can stop people or things if they think a wildlife law has been broken.

39C: Powers to require people to stop and to stop things or articles in transit

Wildlife Act 1953

Some special workers can arrest people to help protect wildlife

39E: Certain people to have power of arrest

Wildlife Act 1953

Rangers can arrest people who break wildlife laws without a warrant and must follow certain rules when doing so.

39F: Power of arrest

Wildlife Act 1953

Who can give out infringement notices for breaking wildlife rules?

70V: Who may issue infringement notices

Electricity Act 1992

Don't touch the accident scene without permission

17: Interference with scene of accident

Electricity Act 1992

WorkSafe can investigate accidents to find out what happened

18: Inquiries into accidents

Electricity Act 1992

Investigator must tell you before entering your home for an investigation

147D: Investigator must give notice to occupier of dwellinghouse

Corrections Act 2004

Telling the Minister about a prison emergency

179D: Notification of emergency

Corrections Act 2004

Sharing information about offenders who might cause the most harm

Corrections Act 2004

Listening to and stopping secret messages sent by radio inside prisons

Corrections Act 2004

Stopping prisoners from making secret phone calls or messages in prison

189B: Detection, interception, etc, of radiocommunications within prison boundaries

Corrections Act 2004

Recording secret phone calls or messages if they might be about a crime

189C: Recordings of unauthorised communications

Corrections Act 2004

Rules for prison monitors to check prisons and talk to prisoners and staff

199F: Accommodation and access

Corrections Act 2004

What happens when the government takes over a private prison in an emergency to keep everyone safe

199H: Control of contract prison in emergency

Corrections Act 2004

The Commissioner of Police's jobs and powers in keeping prisoners safe and well in Police jails.

9: Powers and functions of Commissioner of Police

Corrections Act 2004

What prison managers can and must do to run a prison

12: Powers and functions of prison managers

Corrections Act 2004

What prison officers are allowed to do and their jobs

14: Powers and functions of officers

Corrections Act 2004

Who can choose security officers to help keep people safe?

17: Appointment or engagement of security officers

Corrections Act 2004

What security officers can and must do to keep prisoners safe and follow the law

18: Powers and functions of security officers

Corrections Act 2004

Corrections officers have the same powers as police officers when doing their job

21: Protection of officers in discharge of functions

Corrections Act 2004

Armed Forces members have special powers when working in prisons, like police officers.

22: Protection of members of Armed Forces

Corrections Act 2004

Some laws don't apply to Armed Forces members or non-police officers, limiting their powers.

23: Restrictions on exercise of certain powers

Corrections Act 2004

What inspectors of corrections can do to ensure fairness in prisons and other places

29: Powers and functions of inspectors of corrections

Corrections Act 2004

Police station is treated like a jail when you're held there

36: Police station deemed Police jail for certain purposes

Corrections Act 2004

Prison officers can collect personal info and photos from prisoners to keep them and others safe

41: Collection of biometric information, etc, from prisoner

Corrections Act 2004

What things you are allowed to have with you in prison

43: Authorised property

Corrections Act 2004

Rules for looking after things you're given in prison

44: Standard conditions of issue and transfer of issued items

Corrections Act 2004

What happens to a prisoner's belongings if they are a danger or not allowed in prison

45: Disposal and destruction of prisoner property

Corrections Act 2004

How prisons decide how closely to watch you

47: Security classifications

Corrections Act 2004

Prisoners can be moved to a different prison for safety or other reasons

53: Transfer from one prison to another

Corrections Act 2004

Keeping you apart from others in prison to keep everyone safe

58: Segregation for purpose of security, good order, or safety

Corrections Act 2004

Keeping a prisoner alone for health checks

60: Segregation for purpose of medical oversight

Corrections Act 2004

Using force to keep people safe in prison

83: Use of force

Corrections Act 2004

Don't upset prisoners on purpose

84: Provoking prisoners

Corrections Act 2004

Rules for corrections officers using special weapons that don't kill, but can hurt or stop someone

85: Use of less-lethal weapons

Corrections Act 2004

No guns allowed in prison unless you have special permission

86: Possession, carriage, and use of firearms restricted

Corrections Act 2004

Rules for safely restraining prisoners to keep them and others safe

87: Restraint of prisoners

Corrections Act 2004

Telling authorities when force or restraints are used

88: Reporting on use of force, weapons, and mechanical restraints

Corrections Act 2004

Checking people in prison to see what they are carrying

Corrections Act 2004

A rub-down search is when someone checks your body by touching you outside and inside your clothes.

89: Definition of rub-down search

Corrections Act 2004

What a strip search is: when you might have to remove clothes to be checked all over

90: Definition of strip search

Corrections Act 2004

What a scanner search means in the Public Safety Act

91: Definition of scanner search for purposes of Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Corrections Act 2004

What is an x-ray search in the law?

92: Definition of x-ray search for purposes of Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Corrections Act 2004

Rules about when prison staff can do internal body searches

93: Restrictions on internal examinations

Corrections Act 2004

Rules to protect you when you're being searched

94: Restrictions on searches

Corrections Act 2004

They can stop you from leaving while they search you

95: Authority to detain for purposes of search

Corrections Act 2004

People in charge can search you, your things, and your prison cell to keep everyone safe.

96: Authority to search property

Corrections Act 2004

Officers can use dogs to help search you, but must do it respectfully and carefully.

97: Use of dogs for searching

Corrections Act 2004

Prison officers can search your cell at any time to keep you and others safe

98: Search of cells

Corrections Act 2004

Checking people who visit prisoners to keep everyone safe

99: Search of persons other than prisoners

Corrections Act 2004

Prison staff lockers can be searched by officers with permission

100: Search of staff lockers and other places

Corrections Act 2004

Prison officers can search your vehicle when you visit a prison to keep everyone safe

101: Search of vehicles

Corrections Act 2004

Telling the boss about forbidden items found in prison

102: Reporting of unauthorised items discovered, certain searches, and placement in dry cells

Corrections Act 2004

Being held by an officer while Police investigate, if they think you have a banned drug

103: Detention pending investigation by Police

Corrections Act 2004

Prison staff can open and read mail sent to prisoners and stop some letters from being delivered.

Corrections Act 2004

Prison staff can open and check a prisoner's mail to keep them safe

106: Opening of mail

Corrections Act 2004

Who can read a prisoner's mail and why

107: Reading of correspondence

Corrections Act 2004

Stopping mail in prison: when a prison manager can stop letters between you and someone else

108: Withholding mail

Corrections Act 2004

People in charge might listen to your phone calls.

Corrections Act 2004

Prisoners might have to take a drug or alcohol test if they break rules or are chosen randomly.

124: Prisoner may be required to submit to drug or alcohol test

Corrections Act 2004

What happens when a corrections officer asks you to do a procedure

125: Obligations of persons carrying out procedure

Corrections Act 2004

What happens if a prisoner breaks the rules in prison

128: Offences by prisoner

Corrections Act 2004

Rules for prisoners about drugs, alcohol, smoking, and vaping in prison

129: Offences by prisoners relating to drugs, alcohol, smoking, and vaping

Corrections Act 2004

Rules about what you can't bring or do in prison

141: Unauthorised deliveries, communications, recordings, and possession of unauthorised items

Corrections Act 2004

Stay away from prisons: going in or hanging around without a good reason is against the law

142: Trespassing in, or loitering about, prison

Corrections Act 2004

Rules about talking to or giving things to prisoners outside prison without permission

143: Restricted communications with, or deliveries to, prisoner outside prison

Corrections Act 2004

Don't hurt or stop search dogs on purpose or you can get in trouble.

147: Injuring, interfering with, or obstructing dog used for searching

Corrections Act 2004

Police can arrest you without a warrant if they think you broke certain rules

149: Power of arrest

Corrections Act 2004

When you break rules, police can take your things and the government can keep or sell them.

150: Power of seizure

Corrections Act 2004

Inspectors of corrections can give advice and orders to keep people safe

159: Recommendations and directions of inspectors of corrections

Corrections Act 2004

MPs can visit prisons to check on conditions and talk to prisoners

161: Right of member of Parliament to visit prisons

Corrections Act 2004

People in charge must wear uniforms or badges so you can easily know who they are

163: Certain persons to be readily identifiable

Corrections Act 2004

Prison staff must keep prisoners' health records safe and separate from other prison records.

165: Health records

Corrections Act 2004

Security contractors must pay back the government if their actions cause problems or damage

168: Liability of security contractors

Corrections Act 2004

Telling the boss about important security things

171: Reporting responsibilities

Corrections Act 2004

People who check if security workers are doing their job properly

172: Security monitors

Corrections Act 2004

Letting security monitors check on prisoners and staff to keep everyone safe

173: Access must be given

Corrections Act 2004

Security monitors must check and report on how security contractors work and choose staff.

174: Security monitors must report on certain matters

Corrections Act 2004

Information about you can be shared with police if you're released from prison temporarily.

182: Offender information may be disclosed to facilitate monitoring of persons on temporary release

Corrections Act 2004

What happens when a prisoner dies in prison

183: Inquests on prisoners

Corrections Act 2004

Police can arrest people who are supposed to be in prison but are not.

Corrections Act 2004

Police can arrest you if you're supposed to be in prison but are free instead

184: Arrest of person unlawfully at large

Corrections Act 2004

What the boss of corrections must do during an emergency

194: Duties of chief executive

Corrections Act 2004

The boss of corrections and the Police Commissioner can make rules and give instructions.

Corrections Act 2004

The boss of corrections and the Police boss can give rules and instructions to their staff.

196: Chief executive and Commissioner of Police may issue guidelines and instructions

Corrections Act 2004

Rules to help manage prisons and keep people safe

200: Regulations

Corrections Act 2004

Rules to Keep Prisoners Safe

202: Regulations relating to safe custody of prisoners

Corrections Act 2004

What happens in an emergency at a privately run prison

218: Control of contract prison in emergency

Corrections Act 2004

Rules that limit who prisoners can talk to still apply.

Corrections Act 2004

Rules about smoking in prisons are protected by law from being challenged in court.

179AA: Status of certain rules and regulations relating to smoking in prisons

Corrections Act 2004

Police can ask a phone company for help to unlock a seized device to investigate a crime

189D: Chief executive may require electronic communications company to provide information to access contents of seized device

Corrections Act 2004

Wearing an electronic tracker when you're temporarily out of prison

64A: Electronic monitoring for persons temporarily released from custody or temporarily removed from prison

Corrections Act 2004

Keeping track of prisoners who work or live outside the prison walls using electronic devices.

Corrections Act 2004

Tracking prisoners who work or live outside the main prison area using an electronic device

65A: Electronic monitoring of prisoners employed in work or accommodated outside secure perimeter

Corrections Act 2004

What a scanner search means and how it's done

92A: Meaning of scanner search for purposes of this Act

Corrections Act 2004

What an imaging technology search is: using machines to take pictures inside or outside your body

92B: Meaning of imaging technology search

Corrections Act 2004

Rules for taking pictures of you with special scanning machines

92C: Particular matters relating to imaging technology searches

Corrections Act 2004

Rules for when imaging technology is used instead of a physical search

92D: Particular restrictions when imaging technology search used as alternative to rub-down search or strip search

Corrections Act 2004

Checking if a prisoner is at risk of hurting themselves

61C: Confirmation of at-risk prisoner assessment

Corrections Act 2004

Prisoners can choose who searches them, based on the searcher's sex.

94A: Prisoner’s preference in relation to searches

Corrections Act 2004

Prison officers can use scanners to check prisoners for forbidden items or health risks at any time.

98A: Scanner search of prisoners

Corrections Act 2004

Prison officers can search prisoners by rubbing them down to find forbidden items and keep everyone safe.

98B: Rub-down search of prisoners

Corrections Act 2004

Prisoners must have a strip search in certain situations to keep everyone safe.

98C: Strip search of prisoner required in specified circumstances

Corrections Act 2004

Prison officers can do a strip search if they think you have something you're not allowed to have.

98D: Strip search of prisoner for purpose of detecting unauthorised item

Corrections Act 2004

Officers can use a special scanner to search prisoners instead of a strip search.

98F: Imaging technology search may be alternative to strip search

Corrections Act 2004

Prison staff can use a scanner to check your temperature if they think you might be sick.

103AAA: Scanner search authorised to ascertain risk of communicable disease

Corrections Act 2004

What 'intelligence purpose' means: using information to keep people safe in prisons

127B: Meaning of intelligence purpose

Food Act 2014

What you can do with a copy of a search warrant

325: Use of copy of search warrant

Food Act 2014

Keep a copy of the search warrant application as a record

329: Retention of documents

Food Act 2014

How food safety officers use their powers to check food places

309: Means of exercising powers in sections 299 to 308

Food Act 2014

Food safety officers can enter some places without a special permit to check food is safe

311: Power to enter without search warrant

Food Act 2014

Police can get special permission to search places for food safety reasons.

Food Act 2014

A police officer can get a special paper to search a place if they think someone broke food safety rules.

323: Issue of search warrant

Food Act 2014

Who is allowed to carry out a search warrant?

324: Who can execute search warrant

Food Act 2014

What police and food safety officers can do when searching a place with a special permit

326: Powers under search warrant

Food Act 2014

What happens to things taken by police with a search warrant

328: Disposal of property seized under search warrant

Food Act 2014

Asking for a special permit to search a place, following rules from the Search and Surveillance Act 2012

322: Application for search warrant

Food Act 2014

Searching places under the Food Act 2014: what you need to do

327: Carrying out search powers

Electoral Act 1993

The Electoral Commission's job is to report election law breaks to the Police.

206P: Duty of Electoral Commission

Electoral Act 1993

Telling the police about suspected law breaking

120: Duty to report suspected offences

Electoral Act 1993

A prison manager can pass on some of their tasks to prison officers.

86D: Delegation of prison manager’s functions under sections 86A, 86AB, and 86B

Biosecurity Act 1993

Searching a place when someone might have broken the Biosecurity Act

111: Entry in respect of offences

Biosecurity Act 1993

Authorities can take things as evidence when searching a place, following certain rules to ensure fairness.

118: Power to seize evidence

Biosecurity Act 1993

Stopping the spread of pests: when police can set up road blocks and search vehicles

132: Road blocks, cordons, checkpoints, etc

Biosecurity Act 1993

Taking goods or documents as evidence of a crime under other laws

117A: Seizure and detention of goods or documents as evidence for other enactments

Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004

When can someone enter your home without your permission?

69: Entry of dwellinghouses

Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004

What happens to things taken by the police if you're found guilty of a crime?

72: Disposal of property seized

Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004

What a search warrant looks like under the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004

Schedule 2: Form of search warrant

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

You can look around and search places, vehicles, or other things.

Crimes Act 1961

Protection if you follow a faulty police warrant or court order in good faith

29: Irregular warrant or process

Crimes Act 1961

When police arrest you, there may be good reasons to explain or excuse what you did.

Crimes Act 1961

Arresting the wrong person by mistake is okay if you had good reasons to think they were the right person

30: Arresting the wrong person

Crimes Act 1961

Police can arrest someone without a warrant if they follow special laws that let them do so

31: Arrest by constable pursuant to statutory powers

Crimes Act 1961

Police can arrest you if they think you've committed a crime and have good reasons to believe it

32: Arrest by constable of person believed to have committed offence

Crimes Act 1961

People who aren't police officers can sometimes arrest others if a law says they can

33: Arrest by other officers or persons pursuant to statutory powers

Crimes Act 1961

Helping a police officer or other authorised person make an arrest

34: Persons assisting constable or officer in arrest

Crimes Act 1961

Catching someone breaking the law: when you can arrest them without a warrant

35: Arrest of persons found committing certain crimes

Crimes Act 1961

Arresting someone at night if you think they're committing a crime

36: Arrest of person believed to be committing crime by night

Crimes Act 1961

Arresting someone who you think has just committed a crime

37: Arrest after commission of certain crimes

Crimes Act 1961

Arresting someone while chasing them is allowed if you think they've broken the law and are trying to escape.

38: Arrest during flight

Crimes Act 1961

Using force when arresting someone or carrying out a court order

39: Force used in executing process or in arrest

Crimes Act 1961

Stopping someone from escaping after they've been arrested or trying to run away from police

40: Preventing escape or rescue

Crimes Act 1961

Stopping someone who is causing trouble or disturbing the peace

42: Preventing breach of the peace

Crimes Act 1961

Stopping a riot with reasonable force

43: Suppression of riot

Crimes Act 1961

Police can use force to stop a riot if it's necessary and not too much

44: Suppression of riot by Police

Crimes Act 1961

Stopping a riot: following a police officer's lawful orders to keep people safe

45: Suppression of riot by persons acting under lawful orders

Crimes Act 1961

Stopping a riot if you think it will cause serious harm and police are not there

46: Suppression of riot by persons without orders

Crimes Act 1961

Protecting your home from break-ins: when you can use force to stop someone

55: Defence of dwellinghouse

Crimes Act 1961

Protecting a place you're allowed to be in with reasonable force

56: Defence of land or building

Crimes Act 1961

Rules for keeping order on ships and planes using reasonable force

60: Discipline on ship or aircraft

Crimes Act 1961

This law doesn't change other laws that let police arrest or detain people.

65: Other enactments not affected

Crimes Act 1961

This old rule let police look for evidence without asking a judge first, but it's not used anymore.

78D: Search without warrant

Crimes Act 1961

Gathering with others to cause fear or violence is against the law

86: Unlawful assembly

Crimes Act 1961

If people causing trouble in a group don't leave when told, they might get in trouble with the law.

89: Failure of rioters to disperse

Crimes Act 1961

Bribing or being bribed as a police officer is against the law

104: Corruption and bribery of law enforcement officer

Crimes Act 1961

Running away from police or prison can lead to up to 5 years in jail

120: Escape from lawful custody

Crimes Act 1961

Helping someone escape from prison or police is a serious crime

121: Assisting escape from lawful custody

Crimes Act 1961

When someone is arrested unfairly, it might help explain why they got angry and did something wrong.

170: Illegal arrest may be evidence of provocation

Crimes Act 1961

Harming someone to help with a serious crime or to stop a police officer

192: Aggravated assault

Crimes Act 1961

You can get in big trouble for using a gun against a police officer or to avoid being arrested.

198A: Using any firearm against law enforcement officer, etc

Crimes Act 1961

Having something to hurt people, like a knife, can get you in trouble with the law.

202A: Possession of offensive weapons or disabling substances

Crimes Act 1961

This law used to explain what the police could do when someone hurt another person, but it's not used anymore.

202B: Powers in respect of crime against section 202A

Crimes Act 1961

Taking away and giving to the government special listening tools used for secretly hearing private conversations

216E: Forfeiture

Crimes Act 1961

People doing certain jobs can handle sensitive photos or videos without getting in trouble with the law.

216N: Protection from liability

Crimes Act 1961

Police could look for stolen things while they were being moved around, but this rule doesn't exist anymore.

224: Power of search for goods stolen or unlawfully obtained in transit

Crimes Act 1961

Police could check cars for stolen things, but this rule doesn't exist anymore.

225: Power to search vehicles for goods stolen or obtained by crimes involving dishonesty

Crimes Act 1961

The police can ask for permission to listen to people's private talks if they think it will help catch bad guys working together.

312B: Application by Police for warrant to intercept private communications

Crimes Act 1961

The judge must check certain things before allowing police to spy on organised criminals.

312C: Matters on which Judge must be satisfied in respect of applications

Crimes Act 1961

Police can use special devices to gather evidence for serious crimes like violent offences.

Crimes Act 1961

Police can ask for permission to listen to private conversations if they think someone might do something very violent.

312CA: Application by Police for warrant to intercept private communications in relation to serious violent offences

Crimes Act 1961

The judge must check certain things before allowing police to spy on people suspected of very bad crimes.

312CB: Matters on which Judge must be satisfied in respect of applications relating to serious violent offences

Crimes Act 1961

Police can ask for permission to listen in on private talks about terrorism.

312CC: Application by Police for warrant to intercept private communications relating to terrorist offences

Crimes Act 1961

Basic rules apply when using devices to gather evidence.

Crimes Act 1961

This explains what should be in a warrant and how long it lasts.

312D: Contents and term of warrant

Crimes Act 1961

Rules for getting a new permission slip when the old one runs out

312F: Renewal of warrants

Crimes Act 1961

Explains how to get rid of unimportant records made by listening devices

312I: Destruction of irrelevant records made by use of interception device

Crimes Act 1961

The police chief had to tell Parliament about important things, but this rule no longer exists.

312Q: Commissioner of Police to give information to Parliament

Crimes Act 1961

Court rules help keep you safe. They cover things like: • Police stopping cars • Arrests • Court trials They ensure fair treatment for everyone.

Crimes Act 1961

What happens when the police arrest someone

Crimes Act 1961

When police can arrest you without a special paper called a warrant

315: Arrest without warrant

Crimes Act 1961

What to do when arresting someone: tell them why and show proof if needed

316: Duty of persons arresting

Crimes Act 1961

Police can go into buildings to catch bad guys or stop crimes from happening.

317: Power to enter premises to arrest offender or prevent offence

Crimes Act 1961

Police can make a car stop if they want to arrest someone inside it.

317A: Power to stop vehicles for purpose of arrest

Crimes Act 1961

Additional actions a police officer can take when they ask a vehicle to stop

317AA: Powers incidental to stopping vehicles under section 317A

Crimes Act 1961

This explains what can happen if you don't stop your car when the police tell you to.

317AB: Offences relating to stopping vehicles under section 317A

Crimes Act 1961

Police can set up checkpoints on roads to stop and check vehicles

317B: Road blocks

Crimes Act 1961

Police can catch people who run away while on bail

320: Arrest of absconder

Crimes Act 1961

Police can catch someone who's not following their bail rules without needing special permission.

320A: Person on bail may be arrested without warrant in certain circumstances

Crimes Act 1961

You can choose if you want to be in a line-up to help identify someone, and no one can force you to do it.

344B: Attendance at identification parade voluntary

Crimes Act 1961

A list of old rules about secretly listening to people, no longer used in New Zealand law.

Schedule 6: Interception warrant

Crimes Act 1961

Listening in on private talks is called interception. It has rules to keep you safe. Police must follow these rules.

Crimes Act 1961

The police can stop vehicles to search them if they have a good reason to do so.

Crimes Act 1961

A rule that allowed police to search cars has been removed from the law.

314A: Statutory search power

Crimes Act 1961

Police could stop cars to search them, but this rule doesn't exist anymore.

314B: General power to stop vehicles

Crimes Act 1961

Extra things police can do when they stop a car to search it, but this rule doesn't work anymore.

314C: Powers incidental to stopping vehicles under section 314B

Crimes Act 1961

This law about getting in trouble for not stopping your car when asked was removed and is no longer used.

314D: Offences relating to stopping vehicles under section 314B

Litter Act 1979

What Litter Control Officers can and must do to stop littering

7: Powers and duties of Officers

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

The law applies to the government too

7: Act binds the Crown

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Alcohol laws help keep you safe. They say who can sell alcohol and when. There are rules for places that sell alcohol, like shops and restaurants. These rules help stop people from getting hurt or sick from drinking too much.

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Telling the police about licence changes

71: Notification of Police

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Police and health officials check alcohol licence applications

103: Police, Medical Officer of Health, and inspector must inquire into applications

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

People like police and health officers check your alcohol licence application

129: Police, Medical Officer of Health, and inspector must inquire into application

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

A manager must always be at the premises when alcohol is being sold to ensure the rules are followed.

214: Manager to be on duty at all times and responsible for compliance

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

What happens when you get a fine for breaking the alcohol rules

262: Infringement notices

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

When there's a riot, the law can close places that sell alcohol for up to 24 hours.

265: Closure of premises by order

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Police can close places that sell alcohol if it's not safe or if people are being a nuisance

266: Closure of licensed premises by Police

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Police can enter and inspect places that sell alcohol to check they are following the rules

267: Powers of entry on licensed premises

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Police can take alcohol samples from licensed places if they think the law is being broken

268: Power to seize samples of alcohol

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Police can ask for your details if they think you've broken alcohol rules

269: Power of Police to demand information

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

The Police have extra powers to help keep everyone safe.

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Police can ask for permission to search a place if they think alcohol laws are being broken.

270: Constable may apply for search warrant

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

When police take alcohol from you for breaking the law, it can be kept by the government forever.

277: Forfeiture

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

What happens if a bar or restaurant manager isn't doing their job properly and might lose their licence

285: Suspension or cancellation of manager's certificates

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Losing your alcohol licence if you break the rules three times in three years

289: Cancellation of licence after 3 holdings within 3 years

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Police and other officials must work together to enforce alcohol laws

295: Duty to collaborate

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Only police and inspectors can see this secret list to help keep you safe

299: List to be made available to constables and inspectors only

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Who can speak up in alcohol licence meetings

204: Right of certain persons to appear in proceedings

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Police must follow special rules when searching for alcohol-related issues

271: Search and Surveillance Act 2012 to apply

Criminal Procedure Act 2011

Who can give evidence in court without using their real name

84: Persons who may give evidence under assumed name or anonymously

Criminal Procedure Act 2011

Asking to reveal an undercover police officer or witness's identity: applying to the High Court

91: Application for leave to question identity of undercover Police officer or intelligence witness to be determined by High Court

Criminal Procedure Act 2011

Getting a summons after failing a breath test

29: Summons following evidential breath test

Criminal Procedure Act 2011

The police can arrest you if they cannot deliver a summons to you.

34: Warrant may be issued if summons cannot be served

Criminal Procedure Act 2011

Police need a special okay to investigate someone again after they've been found not guilty.

153: Consent of Solicitor-General required in certain circumstances for exercise of powers in relation to acquitted person

Criminal Procedure Act 2011

Who gets a warrant to arrest someone and how they can enter a property to do it

162: To whom warrant to be directed and power of person executing warrant to enter premises

Criminal Procedure Act 2011

Police can share your information to catch you if you've escaped or missed court

209: Publication by or at request of Police, etc

Criminal Procedure Act 2011

Registrar who is a police officer: you can only use one role per case

373: Registrar who is also constable

Criminal Procedure Act 2011

Rules for cancelling arrest warrants that were issued before or after the law changed

402: Transitional provision regarding withdrawal of warrants to arrest

Criminal Procedure Act 2011

What happens if you're a witness and the police arrest you with a warrant

403: Transitional provision regarding dealing with witness arrested under warrant

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Police can look at and take things if they have a good reason to do so.

Overseas Investment Act 2005

A search warrant lets officials look at a place or thing to find evidence of a crime.

56: Search warrant

Overseas Investment Act 2005

What police can do with a special search warrant paper

58: Powers conferred by search warrant

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Rules to follow when police search a place

59: Requirements when executing search warrant

Overseas Investment Act 2005

What happens to things taken by police with a search warrant

60: Disposal of things seized under search warrant

Freedom Camping Act 2011

What information can officers ask for if they think you broke freedom camping rules?

35: Enforcement officers may require certain information

Freedom Camping Act 2011

Enforcement officers can take away things used for illegal camping

37: Enforcement officers may seize and impound certain property

Freedom Camping Act 2011

Officers are protected when they take and hold campers' property

41: Protection against claims resulting from seizing or impounding of property under section 37

Freedom Camping Act 2011

It's against the law to bother or stop enforcement officers from doing their job

20G: Offence to interfere with enforcement officer

National Parks Act 1980

Taking away and keeping things when you break park rules

61: Seizure and forfeiture of property

National Parks Act 1980

Officers can stop and search boats outside parks to check if someone broke park rules

66: Stopping and searching boats outside parks

National Parks Act 1980

Rangers can ask for your details if they think you broke a park rule

64A: Power to require information

National Parks Act 1980

Rangers can give out special tickets if they're allowed

71J: Who may issue infringement notices

Dog Control Act 1996

This part is about the main goals of the law.

Dog Control Act 1996

What local councils can and must do to help keep communities safe

Dog Control Act 1996

People who help look after dogs and keep them under control

Dog Control Act 1996

Rules for controlling dogs in your community

Dog Control Act 1996

Dogs that might hurt people are considered dangerous.

Dog Control Act 1996

Rules to keep you safe from scary dogs

Dog Control Act 1996

Dogs that can hurt people or seem scary are considered dangerous or menacing.

Dog Control Act 1996

Registering your dog and paying a fee

Dog Control Act 1996

What dog owners must do to follow the rules

Dog Control Act 1996

Breaking dog rules can lead to infringement offences.

Dog Control Act 1996

Who is in charge of looking after dogs

Dog Control Act 1996

Other important rules and information

Dog Control Act 1996

Keeping People and Animals Safe from Harmful Dogs

Dog Control Act 1996

The Dog Control Act 1996: what it's called and when it started

1: Short Title and commencement

Dog Control Act 1996

What words mean in the Dog Control Act 1996

2: Interpretation

Dog Control Act 1996

The government must follow this law, except for a few specific parts.

3: Act to bind the Crown

Dog Control Act 1996

What this law is trying to achieve: keeping dogs and people safe

4: Objects

Dog Control Act 1996

What dog owners must do to care for and control their dogs

5: Obligations of dog owners

Dog Control Act 1996

Councils can work together to make a joint committee for dog control

7: Power to appoint joint committees

Dog Control Act 1996

How councils do their job under the Dog Control Act 1996

8: Performance of functions

Dog Control Act 1996

Council must check dog policy if related bylaw needs a review

10AA: Local authority must review policy if bylaw implementing policy requires review

Dog Control Act 1996

Councils must write a yearly report on how they control dogs in their area.

10A: Territorial authority must report on dog control policy and practices

Dog Control Act 1996

Dog control officers must show their ID and work papers when asked

13: Dog control officer and dog ranger to produce warrant of authority and evidence of identity

Dog Control Act 1996

When can dog control officers enter someone's property to check on dogs?

14: Power of entry

Dog Control Act 1996

Dog control officers can feed, shelter, and care for dogs that are not being looked after properly.

15: Power of dog control officer or dog ranger to feed and shelter dogs

Dog Control Act 1996

Where dog control officers or rangers can work and use their powers

16: Districts in which dog control officer or dog ranger may exercise powers

Dog Control Act 1996

What powers do special officers have to help protect animals?

17: Powers of warranted officers

Dog Control Act 1996

Don't get in the way of dog control officers or rangers on purpose

18: Wilful obstruction of dog control officer or dog ranger

Dog Control Act 1996

Authorities can ask dog owners for their details and you must tell them the truth.

19: Power of constable, dog control officer, or dog ranger to request information about owner

Dog Control Act 1996

Authorities can ask dog owners for information about their dog

19A: Power of constable, dog control officer, or dog ranger to request information about dog

Dog Control Act 1996

Rules about dogs in your area made by the council

20: Dog control bylaws

Dog Control Act 1996

What happens if you're called a probationary dog owner because you broke dog rules

21: Classification of probationary owners

Dog Control Act 1996

Objecting to being called a probationary dog owner

22: Objection to classification as probationary owner

Dog Control Act 1996

People who break dog rules can't own new dogs for 2 years

23: Probationary owners

Dog Control Act 1996

Council can make new dog owners take a training course

23A: Territorial authority may require probationary owner to undertake training

Dog Control Act 1996

Probationary dog owners must get rid of unregistered dogs within 14 days of being told to do so.

24: Obligation of probationary owners to dispose of unregistered dogs

Dog Control Act 1996

When You Can't Own a Dog Anymore

25: Disqualification of owners

Dog Control Act 1996

Objecting to being banned from owning a dog

26: Objection to disqualification

Dog Control Act 1996

Challenging a council decision about your dog in the District Court

27: Appeal to District Court

Dog Control Act 1996

What happens if you're not allowed to own a dog

28: Effect of disqualification

Dog Control Act 1996

Rules for probationary dog owners or those disqualified apply everywhere in New Zealand.

29: Probationary classification and disqualification to extend over New Zealand

Dog Control Act 1996

Councils must keep and share information about dog owners and their dogs

30: Maintenance of records and provision of information

Dog Control Act 1996

Council keeps record of dog infringement until you pay the fine

30AA: Territorial authority may retain information about infringement notice until infringement fee paid

Dog Control Act 1996

Some dog breeds are banned from entering New Zealand, check the rules before bringing a dog in.

30A: Prohibition on import of dogs listed in Schedule 4

Dog Control Act 1996

When a council decides a dog is dangerous

31: Territorial authority to classify dangerous dogs

Dog Control Act 1996

What happens if your dog is classified as a dangerous dog?

32: Effect of classification as dangerous dog

Dog Control Act 1996

Dangerous dogs are classified as dangerous everywhere in New Zealand.

32A: Dangerous dog classification to extend over New Zealand

Dog Control Act 1996

Getting rid of a dangerous dog needs council approval

33: Territorial authority's consent to disposal of dangerous dog

Dog Control Act 1996

Council can label a dog as menacing if it's a threat to people, animals, or wildlife.

33A: Territorial authority may classify dog as menacing

Dog Control Act 1996

Objecting to your dog being called a menacing dog

33B: Objection to classification of dog under section 33A

Dog Control Act 1996

Dogs of certain breeds might be called menacing and have special rules.

33C: Dogs belonging to breed or type listed in Schedule 4 to be classified as menacing

Dog Control Act 1996

Objecting to your dog being called menacing

33D: Objection to classification of dog under section 33C

Dog Control Act 1996

What happens if your dog is classified as menacing and what rules you must follow

33E: Effect of classification as menacing dog

Dog Control Act 1996

Menacing dogs are classified as menacing everywhere in New Zealand.

33EA: Menacing dog classification to extend over New Zealand

Dog Control Act 1996

Council can ask you to neuter your menacing dog when you move to a new area.

33EB: Territorial authority (other than classifying authority) may require neutering of menacing dog

Dog Control Act 1996

Breaking dog rules can cost you up to $3,000 and mean losing your dog.

33EC: Offence to fail to comply with section 33E(1) or 33EB

Dog Control Act 1996

Councils must label dogs as dangerous or menacing if their owner broke the law related to the dog's behaviour.

33ED: Territorial authority to classify certain dogs as dangerous or menacing

Dog Control Act 1996

Tell dog minders to muzzle and leash your dangerous dog in public

33F: Owner must advise person with possession of dangerous or menacing dog of requirement to muzzle and leash dog in public

Dog Control Act 1996

A list of all dogs in an area, with details about each dog and its owner.

34: Dogs register

Dog Control Act 1996

Getting information about dog owners from the council

35: Supply of register information

Dog Control Act 1996

A national database to store information about dogs and their owners in New Zealand

35A: National dog control information database

Dog Control Act 1996

The national dog database can have extra info from your local council about dogs and owners.

35AB: National dog control information database may contain additional information supplied by territorial authority

Dog Control Act 1996

A yearly fee to help pay for a national dog database

35B: Levy to fund costs of national dog control information database

Dog Control Act 1996

Some dogs must have a microchip implanted to help identify them.

36A: Microchip transponder must be implanted in certain dogs

Dog Control Act 1996

Lying when registering a dog can get you a fine of up to $3,000

41: Penalty for false statement relating to application for registration

Dog Control Act 1996

Telling lies about a dog being dead can get you in trouble and cost you up to $3,000.

41A: Dead dogs

Dog Control Act 1996

You can be fined for not registering your dog if it's over 3 months old.

42: Offence of failing to register dog

Dog Control Act 1996

Registering dogs that are locked up, in quarantine, or with animal helpers

43: Registration of impounded dog, dog in quarantine, or dog in custody of society established to prevent cruelty to animals

Dog Control Act 1996

Dogs must wear a registration label or disc on their collar to be considered registered.

44: Dog not wearing proper label or disc deemed unregistered

Dog Control Act 1996

If your dog gets into trouble, you must prove you've done the right thing with its registration and age.

45: Burden of proof on owner of dog

Dog Control Act 1996

Getting a tag for your dog when you register it

46: Issue of label or disc and completion of registration

Dog Control Act 1996

Dog registration is valid all over New Zealand, no matter where you live.

47: Registration to extend over New Zealand

Dog Control Act 1996

What to do when you sell or give away your dog

48: Change of ownership of dog

Dog Control Act 1996

Telling the council when you move your dog to a new home

49: Transfer of dog from one address or district to another

Dog Control Act 1996

Dogs must wear a registration label or disc, or they might be taken away.

50: Dog not wearing proper label or disc may be impounded

Dog Control Act 1996

Breaking the rules about dog identification tags and collars can get you in trouble with the law

51: Offences relating to collars, labels, and discs

Dog Control Act 1996

Keeping Your Dog Under Control

52: Control of dogs generally

Dog Control Act 1996

Keep your dog safe and under control on your property to avoid trouble with the law.

52A: Control of dog on owner's property

Dog Control Act 1996

You must control your dog or you might get a fine of up to $3,000.

53: Offence of failing to keep dog under control

Dog Control Act 1996

Take a leash when your dog is with you in public

54A: Owner must use or carry leash in public

Dog Control Act 1996

What to do if your dog's barking is disturbing others

55: Barking dogs

Dog Control Act 1996

What happens if your dog's barking is causing problems for others and you don't stop it

56: Removal of barking dog causing distress

Dog Control Act 1996

What happens when a dog attacks a person or animal

57: Dogs attacking persons or animals

Dog Control Act 1996

What happens if your dog rushes at people, animals, or vehicles in a public place

57A: Dogs rushing at persons, animals, or vehicles

Dog Control Act 1996

Dogs that seriously hurt people or animals can get their owners in big trouble

58: Dogs causing serious injury

Dog Control Act 1996

What happens if your dog is loose near protected animals

59: Seizure or destruction of dog at large in vicinity of protected wildlife

Dog Control Act 1996

What happens if a dog is running loose near your farm animals

60: Seizure or destruction of dog running at large among stock or poultry

Dog Control Act 1996

What happens if your dog worries farm animals and you don't control it

61: Orders relating to dog seen worrying stock

Dog Control Act 1996

Rules for owners of dangerous dogs: keeping them safe and under control in public

62: Allowing dogs known to be dangerous to be at large unmuzzled

Dog Control Act 1996

If your dog causes damage, you have to pay for it, no matter what.

63: Owner liable for damage done by dog

Dog Control Act 1996

What to do if a court orders a dog to be put down

64: Procedure where order made for destruction of dog

Dog Control Act 1996

Breaking dog rules can lead to fines or court

65: Infringement offences

Dog Control Act 1996

What happens if you get a fine for breaking dog control rules

66: Infringement notices

Dog Control Act 1996

Where councils keep dogs that are taken into custody

67: Provision of pound facilities

Dog Control Act 1996

Costs for when your dog goes to the pound

68: Pound fees

Dog Control Act 1996

What happens to your dog if it's taken by the authorities and how you can get it back

69: Impounding and subsequent disposal of dog

Dog Control Act 1996

Before you get your impounded dog back, it must be microchipped and registered.

69A: Impounded dog must be microchipped and registered before release

Dog Control Act 1996

What happens to your dog if it's taken away because it was barking too much?

70: Custody of dog removed for barking

Dog Control Act 1996

What happens to your dog if it's a threat to public safety and might be taken away

71: Retention of dog threatening public safety

Dog Control Act 1996

What happens to a dog that's been taken by a dog control officer

71A: Disposal of dog seized under section 15 or 33EC

Evidence Act 2006

Can police photos or videos of you be used in court as evidence?

45: Admissibility of visual identification evidence

Evidence Act 2006

People who secretly tell police about crimes without wanting their name shared

64: Informers

Evidence Act 2006

Police officers who work undercover can give evidence in court.

Evidence Act 2006

Rules for undercover police officers giving evidence in court for serious crimes

108: Undercover Police officers

Evidence Act 2006

What happens when a police certificate is used to protect a witness's identity

109: Effect of certificate under section 108

Evidence Act 2006

Who can use a fake name or stay secret when signing a statement as evidence?

120: Persons who may sign statements by assumed name or anonymously

Evidence Act 2006

Rules for sharing police video recordings in non-criminal court cases

119A: Requirements for disclosure of video records in proceedings that are not criminal proceedings or Family Court proceedings

Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

Rules for entering someone's home for inspections

60: Entry of dwellinghouses

Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

Getting permission to look for evidence when someone breaks immigration adviser rules

61A: Search warrant

Land Transport Act 1998

Who needs to take a drug test when driving a car

71A: Who must undergo first oral fluid test

Land Transport Act 1998

How the police can use your blood sample as evidence when driving

73A: Purposes for which blood specimen taken under section 72 or 73 may be used as evidence

Land Transport Act 1998

Police can put warning stickers on cars that break road rules

22AF: Warning notices

Land Transport Act 1998

Police boss can stop you from selling your car if you might lose it because of a crime

98A: Commissioner may prohibit sale or disposal of certain motor vehicles

Land Transport Act 1998

Police can stop you or take your keys if you break learner or restricted licence rules

121A: Enforcement officer may give directions or immobilise vehicle if driver breaches certain licence conditions

Land Transport Act 1998

What police can do if they think your car isn't safe to drive

128C: Enforcement officer's powers in respect of certain motor vehicles subject to service inspection and certification requirements

Land Transport Act 1998

When police can take your car if you drive when you're not allowed to

249: Circumstances when motor vehicle may be seized and impounded

Land Transport Act 1998

Getting your personal items back when your car is taken away

250: Personal property

Land Transport Act 1998

Rules for storing cars taken away by the police

251: Storage of impounded motor vehicles

Land Transport Act 1998

Getting your car back after the police take it away

252: Release of motor vehicle

Land Transport Act 1998

What happens to a car that's been taken away and not picked up

253: Disposal of motor vehicle

Land Transport Act 1998

Don't damage impounded cars when moving them

254: Impounded motor vehicle not to be damaged

Land Transport Act 1998

Breaking certain transport rules can lead to special punishments

268: Infringement offences

Land Transport Act 1998

Parking wardens can check vehicles, ask for information, and move cars to keep roads safe

128E: Powers of parking wardens

Land Transport Act 1998

Don't mess with speed cameras or have anything that stops them working

16B: Interference with operation of speed measuring devices

Land Transport Act 1998

Police and officials can ask for fake driver licences to protect certain people

24A: Authorised persons may request driver licences for certain persons

Land Transport Act 1998

Police can get special permission to search for evidence of breaking certain rules

79V: Search warrants in relation to offences against section 79T or 79U

Land Transport Act 1998

Police can ask a judge to make your driver's licence suspension longer

95A: Extension of 28-day suspension period of driver licence under section 95

Land Transport Act 1998

Follow instructions from officials and notices on vehicles

13: Drivers and other road users to comply with directions of enforcement officers, etc

Land Transport Act 1998

Police must fix or report dangers on the road

21: Enforcement officers to ameliorate hazards

Land Transport Act 1998

Ignoring or disobeying enforcement officers' instructions can get you in trouble

52: Contravening notices, requirements, etc, given or imposed by enforcement officers

Land Transport Act 1998

Don't stop or block officers doing their job

53: Obstruction of enforcement officer or dangerous goods enforcement officer

Land Transport Act 1998

Not following police instructions for tests or staying put

59: Failure or refusal to remain at specified place or to accompany enforcement officer

Land Transport Act 1998

Refusing to give a blood sample or take a driving test when asked by police

60: Failure or refusal to permit blood specimen to be taken or to undergo compulsory impairment test

Land Transport Act 1998

How police deal with people who drive after drinking or taking drugs

Land Transport Act 1998

Police can ask you to take a breath test if they think you've been drinking and driving

68: Who must undergo breath screening test

Land Transport Act 1998

People who need to take a breath test when asked by police

69: Who must undergo evidential breath test

Land Transport Act 1998

Police can ask you to take another breath test if the first one doesn't work

70: Person may be required to undergo further evidential breath test if initial test fails to produce result

Land Transport Act 1998

How police decide if you look younger than 20

71: Meaning of apparently younger than 20

Land Transport Act 1998

Rules for giving blood samples when police ask outside of hospitals

72: Who must give blood specimen at places other than hospital or medical centre

Land Transport Act 1998

Rules for taking blood samples in hospitals after car accidents

73: Who must give blood specimen in hospital or medical centre

Land Transport Act 1998

Rules for handling blood samples taken for legal reasons

74: Procedure for dealing with blood specimens

Land Transport Act 1998

Rules for breath-testing machines to make sure they work properly

75A: Certificates of compliance for evidential breath-testing devices

Land Transport Act 1998

Police can take away your licence for 28 days if you drive dangerously

95: Mandatory 28-day suspension of driver licence in certain circumstances

Land Transport Act 1998

When police can take away your car

Land Transport Act 1998

Police can take your car away for 28 days if you break certain driving rules

96: Vehicle seized and impounded for 28 days in certain circumstances

Land Transport Act 1998

How officials store and manage vehicles they've taken away

97: Storage of impounded vehicles: generally

Land Transport Act 1998

How to get your impounded vehicle back

98: Release of impounded vehicle

Land Transport Act 1998

How to ask the Police to give back your impounded car

102: Appeal to Police against impoundment of vehicle

Land Transport Act 1998

You can ask a judge to look again if the police won't give back your taken-away car

110: Appeal against refusal of Police to direct release of impounded vehicle

Land Transport Act 1998

Police and other officials can check and enforce road and transport rules

113: Enforcement officers may enforce transport legislation

Land Transport Act 1998

Police can stop drivers and ask for their details

114: Power to require driver to stop and give name and address, etc

Land Transport Act 1998

Police can stop you from driving an unsafe car until it's fixed

115: Enforcement officers may give directions prohibiting driving of vehicles

Land Transport Act 1998

Police can arrest you if you don't follow their directions about using vehicles

116: Enforcement of directions

Land Transport Act 1998

You must tell the police who was driving or riding in your vehicle if they ask

118: Requirement to give information as to identity of driver or passenger

Land Transport Act 1998

Police can go into places, stop people, and take away vehicles

Land Transport Act 1998

When the police can enter buildings without permission

119: Powers of entry

Land Transport Act 1998

Police can arrest you for driving drunk or on drugs, or hurting a police officer

120: Arrest of persons for alcohol or drug-related offences, or assault on enforcement officer

Land Transport Act 1998

Police can stop you from driving if you're not safe or don't follow the rules

121: Enforcement officer may immobilise vehicle, etc, in specified circumstances

Land Transport Act 1998

Police can take your car for a day if it's needed to keep everyone safe

122: Enforcement officer may seize and impound vehicle for up to 12 hours in emergency

Land Transport Act 1998

Police can take your car for up to 10 days if you're in a big accident or don't follow the rules

123: Enforcement officer may seize and impound vehicle for up to 10 working days in relation to certain offences

Land Transport Act 1998

Police can stop trucks with wobbly loads to make sure nothing falls off

128: Enforcement officer to order heavy vehicle to stop until load secured

Land Transport Act 1998

Police can stop unsafe taxis or rideshare cars from working

128A: Enforcement officer's powers in respect of non-complying small passenger service vehicles

Land Transport Act 1998

Police can stop tow trucks that break the rules

128B: Enforcement officer's powers in respect of non-complying vehicle recovery service vehicles

Land Transport Act 1998

Officers can stop and check vehicles if they think dangerous goods rules are being broken

129: Vehicles may be inspected and directed to remain stopped for contravening dangerous goods rules

Land Transport Act 1998

Officers can check and test dangerous goods to make sure they're safe

132: Inspection powers concerning dangerous goods

Land Transport Act 1998

How police or the Agency can prove if you have the right driver licence

143: Evidence of driver licence

Land Transport Act 1998

How police prove their speed cameras work correctly in court

146: Evidence of testing and accuracy of speed-measuring devices, etc

Land Transport Act 1998

Police and transport agency can choose special officers to enforce transport laws

208: Appointment of enforcement officers and dangerous goods enforcement officers

Land Transport Act 1998

Getting a police report about a traffic accident

211: Commissioner to provide traffic accident reports

Land Transport Act 1998

Breaking the law by not stopping for enforcement officers

52A: Contravention of section 114

Land Transport Act 1998

The transport agency can give tickets for some driving offences, even if they didn't see it happen

208A: Agency is enforcement officer for certain infringement offences

Land Transport Act 1998

How police handle cases where people use certain drugs while driving

Land Transport Act 1998

Who needs to take a second drug test when the police ask

71B: Who must undergo second oral fluid test

Land Transport Act 1998

Police can make you go for a blood test if you don't follow the rules about drug tests while driving

71E: Person may be required to accompany enforcement officer to undergo blood test

Land Transport Act 1998

When the police might ask you to take a drug test while driving

71F: Who must undergo compulsory impairment test

Land Transport Act 1998

Rules for approving spit tests to check for drugs

71G: Approval of oral fluid tests and oral fluid testing devices

Land Transport Act 1998

You can't drive for 12 hours if you fail two drug tests

94A: Mandatory prohibition from driving for 12-hour period if results of 2 oral fluid tests are positive

Land Transport Act 1998

Rules about how police can take blood samples

Land Transport Act 1998

Ministers can ask experts for advice about drug levels and driving safety

167AAB: Ministers may appoint independent experts for purposes of section 167AAA

Land Transport Act 1998

Police can take your car if you don't stop when told

96AAA: Impoundment of motor vehicle used in offence of failing to stop, etc

Land Transport Act 1998

Police can take your car if you don't tell them about someone not stopping for them

96AAB: Impoundment of motor vehicle for failure to give information about offence of failing to stop, etc

Land Transport Act 1998

Special camera system checks if you've broken road rules and sends you a notice

139AAA: Infringement offence verified by automated infringement system

Land Transport Act 1998

Police can use your average speed between two points as proof of speeding

146A: Average speed treated as actual speed

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Keeping You and the Community Safe from Harm

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

What is the Public Safety Act?

1: Title

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Rules to keep people safe: • Protecting victims • Helping residents • Keeping residents safe

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

This law aims to keep you and the community safe from harm.

4: Objective of Act

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

When can a public protection order be made against someone?

7: Threshold for imposition of public protection order

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

A special group checks on people who might hurt others to keep everyone safe.

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Checking if a public protection order is still needed to keep people safe

15: Review of public protection order by review panel

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

A court checks on people who might hurt others badly to keep everyone safe.

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Checking if a public protection order is still needed to keep people safe

18: Review of public protection order

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Having to stay in a certain place chosen by someone in charge

20: Detention of residents

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Who is in charge of you when you are in a special residence or care

21: Legal custody of residents

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Follow the rules: residents must do what they're told by people in charge

22: Residents must obey lawful directions

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Moving to a different residence for safety or care

24: Transfers between residences

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Telling residents about moves to new places

25: Information to be given to residents about transfers

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Time off from a special residence for people who need supervision

26: Leave

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

People who live somewhere have rights that must be respected.

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

What rights you have when you live in a special residence

27: Rights of residents

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Working and keeping the money you earn while living in a residence or prison

28: Earnings from work

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

You have the right to get and send letters and messages while in residence.

32: Right to receive and send written communications

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Getting news and information from newspapers, TV, radio, and approved internet sites

33: Access to media

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Who can visit or talk to you when you're living in a special residence

34: Visitors and oral communications with people outside residence

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Getting help to change your behaviour and be safer for the community

36: Right to rehabilitative treatment

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Money you earn or get goes into a special account to keep it safe

40: Receipts for residents to be paid into trust accounts

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Plans to help keep people safe from those who might hurt them.

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Figuring out what you need when you move into a special residence

41: Needs assessment

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

A plan to keep you safe and help you achieve your goals while in a residence.

42: Management plans

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Checking and changing a resident's management plan to keep it up to date and working well

44: Reviews and variations of management plan

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Checking what people write to keep others safe.

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Managers can check and stop letters if they think it's not safe for you or others.

45: Checking and withholding of written communications in certain cases

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

You can send and receive private letters to or from important people like MPs, lawyers, and doctors without them being read or stopped.

46: Written communications not to be withheld if sent by or to certain persons

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

People who might hurt others can have their phone calls listened to.

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

What special words mean in the Public Safety Act

50: Interpretation

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Why authorities listen to calls made by people in special homes to keep everyone safe

51: Purposes of monitoring resident calls

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Some of your phone calls might be listened to when you're a resident.

52: Resident calls that may be monitored

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Some phone calls, like those to MPs or lawyers, can't be listened to by others.

53: Certain resident calls must not be monitored

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Only the boss or people they choose can listen to residents' phone calls.

54: Only certain persons may monitor resident calls

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Warnings: You might be listened to when making phone calls in some places

55: Warnings

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

When you can share information from a resident call to keep people safe or for other important reasons

56: Authorised disclosure of information

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Keeping resident calls private: what you can and can't share

57: Restrictions on disclosure of information

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Rules to protect your privacy when your phone calls are monitored

58: Application of Privacy Act 2020

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Recordings of calls must be destroyed after six months if they're not needed for investigations or court cases

59: Destruction of recordings

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Rules to limit who you can meet or talk to when you're not at home.

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Some visitors may not be allowed to see you if you live in a special residence.

62: Visits from, or oral communication with, certain persons may be excluded

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Checking people who might hurt others very badly to keep everyone safe.

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

People in charge can search you and your things at home to keep you safe

63: Search of residents and residence

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Tests to check if someone has taken drugs or drunk alcohol.

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

The manager can ask you to take a test to see if you've used drugs or alcohol.

68: Resident may be required to submit to drug or alcohol test

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

You get to know the result of your drug or alcohol test in writing.

69: Resident must be informed of results of test

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

People who might hurt others badly can be kept safe and supervised to protect the community.

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Being alone in a safe room to keep you or others safe

71: Seclusion

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

People who might hurt others badly can be stopped and watched closely to keep everyone safe.

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Stopping you from harming yourself or others when you live with others

72: Restraint of residents

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Escorting someone in custody: what staff and officers can do to keep them and others safe

73: Escort of persons subject to detention orders

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

People who might hurt others badly can be stopped and watched closely to keep everyone safe.

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

What happens if there's a security emergency where you live and you need to be kept safe

74: Responses to security emergencies

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Inspectors can visit your home to check on you, and they might come at any time.

78: Visits by inspectors

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Inspectors can enter homes and see documents to check on people being supervised.

79: Inspectors' access to persons and documents

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Inspectors look into complaints about people breaking the law

81: Investigation by inspectors

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Inspector checks if someone broke the law and writes a report

83: Inquiries by inspector

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Managers must fix problems found in special reports.

84: Duty of manager to correct deficiencies

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Going to prison instead of a special residence for your own or others' safety

85: Order for detention in prison

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

What happens to you and what you can expect if you're in prison waiting for a trial under a detention order

86: Rights and obligations of person subject to prison detention order

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

A special group checks on people who might hurt others to keep everyone safe.

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Checking if someone in prison should still be there because they might be a risk to the public

87: Review of prison detention orders by review panel

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

A court checks people who might hurt others badly to keep everyone safe.

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Court gets reports about someone in prison to help make a decision

90: Court must be provided with relevant reports on person subject to prison detention order

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Rules to keep you and others safe can be part of your supervision order

94: Requirements may be included in protective supervision order

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Getting a written notice about what to do when you're under protective supervision

95: Notification of requirements

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

When your protective order changes, you get told what's happening.

98: Notification of changes

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Chief executive checks if a supervision order is still needed and tells victims

99: Application by chief executive for review of protective supervision order

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Breaking the rules of a protective supervision order can get you in trouble with the law.

103: Offence to breach protective supervision order

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Court Rules and Jobs

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

If you don't show up to court when you're supposed to, the police can arrest you and bring you there.

106: Respondent who fails to appear may be brought to court

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

What evidence the court can use to make decisions in public safety cases

108: Evidence in proceedings under this Act

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

The court decides if your case is heard in public or private.

109: Court may determine whether hearings are held in open or closed court

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

How a special group checks and reviews important decisions to keep people safe

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Information about you must be given to the review panel to help them make decisions

112: Reports to be provided to review panel

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Talking to a review panel about your case, if you want to

113: Interview of person

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

The Minister can make a prison building a special home, if it's safe and separate.

114: Establishment of residences

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Who gets to be in charge of a special kind of house

115: Appointment of residence manager

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

What the person in charge of a special home can and must do to keep people safe and happy.

116: Powers and functions of residence managers

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

The person in charge of a residence can pass on some of their tasks to someone else.

117: Manager of residence may delegate powers and functions

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Rules for living in a residence are made to keep you safe

119: Manager may make rules for residence

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

The boss of a government department can make rules to help people follow the law and keep others safe.

120: Chief executive may provide guidelines or instructions

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

What the department must include in its yearly report about people's safety and protection

121: Matters to be included in annual report of department

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

A group that checks and decides on certain matters.

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

How a special group is chosen to help keep you and the community safe

122: Establishment and constitution of review panel

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

How a review panel meets and makes decisions

123: Meetings of review panel

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

How long you can be on the review panel and what happens when your time is up

124: Term of appointment, and reappointment

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Panel members are protected from being sued for things they do as part of their job.

126: Immunity of members

Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

People are chosen to be inspectors to help keep the community safe.

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Inspectors can visit places to check on animal welfare and take action to keep animals safe.

127: Power to inspect land, premises, and places and stationary vehicles, aircraft, and ships

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Showing proof of being an animal welfare inspector

128: Production of evidence of appointment

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Stopping animal suffering: inspectors can take action to help animals in pain or distress

130: Power to prevent or mitigate suffering

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Police or inspectors can get a special paper called a search warrant to look for evidence of animal cruelty

131: Search warrants

Animal Welfare Act 1999

What a search warrant looks like and what it must say

132: Form and content of search warrant

Animal Welfare Act 1999

What inspectors can do to help animals with a search warrant

133: Powers conferred by search warrant

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Getting a special paper to search a place for animal welfare

134: Production of search warrant

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Telling people a search warrant has been carried out

135: Notice of execution of search warrant

Animal Welfare Act 1999

What happens to things taken by police or inspectors, like animals, under the Animal Welfare Act 1999

136: Disposal of thing seized

Animal Welfare Act 1999

The police can take control of your vehicle, aircraft, ship, or animal if you're accused of hurting an animal.

137: Vehicle, aircraft, ship, or animal may be detained

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Tell the inspector your name and address if you break animal welfare rules

157: Offenders to give name and address

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Rules for inspectors when the Animal Welfare Act 1999 started

188: Transitional provisions relating to inspectors

Children’s Act 2014

Organisations must check workers who care for kids are safe to work with them.

26: Safety checks of existing children's workers

Children’s Act 2014

Organisations must check children's workers are safe every three years to protect kids.

27: Periodic safety checks of children's workers

Employment Relations Act 2000

Rules for treating police workers fairly when they do their job

100F: Code of good faith for employment relationships in relation to provision of services by New Zealand Police

Employment Relations Act 2000

Rules for the Police and people who work with them to work together fairly and respectfully

Schedule 1C: Code of good faith for employment relationships in relation to provision of services by Police

Employment Relations Act 2000

When You Can't Enter a Workplace for Security or Crime Reasons

22: When access to workplaces may be denied

Employment Relations Act 2000

The law book gets a new list of rules for the police.

239: New Schedule 3 substituted in Police Act 1958

Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

Who counts as a worker under this law

19: Meaning of worker

Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

What a non-disturbance notice says and allows you to do

109: Content of non-disturbance notice

Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

Regulator can allow people to apply for search warrants for health and safety checks

173: Power of regulator to authorise making of applications for search warrants

Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

Inspectors can ask for your name and address if they think you've broken health and safety laws

175: Power to require name and address

Substance Addiction (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 2017

Getting help to attend a specialist assessment if you need to

21: Assistance in arranging specialist assessment

Substance Addiction (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 2017

What happens if you leave your treatment centre without permission and need to be brought back

40: Return of patient

Substance Addiction (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 2017

Staff can check and control your mail and messages at a treatment centre to keep you and others safe.

61: Checking and withholding mail and electronic communications

Substance Addiction (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 2017

Police can help people with severe substance addiction and take them to a safe place for assessment or treatment.

105: Police assistance

Substance Addiction (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 2017

What happens if you leave your treatment centre without permission and someone comes to take you back

106: Apprehension of patients not permitted to be absent from treatment centre

Substance Addiction (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 2017

A Judge can order police to take you to a place for assessment or treatment if you don't go when told.

107: Judge or Registrar may issue warrant

Social Security Act 2018

Police can ask to stop your benefit if they think you might be dangerous

213: Immediate suspension of benefit at request of New Zealand Police

Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Act 2017

People who enforce the law have special powers to do their job.

Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Act 2017

Rules for searching homes or marae with a special warrant

61: Provisions relating to entry to dwellinghouse or marae

Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Act 2017

Telling lies to police or enforcement officers is against the law

71: Providing false or misleading information to enforcement officer

Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Act 2017

Changes are made to the laws about searching and spying on people.

Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Act 2017

Changing the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 to add a new item

90: Amendment to Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Act 2017

Changes to the law about searching and surveillance for space and high-altitude activities

Schedule 2: Amendment to Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Accident Compensation Act 2001

When and how information can be shared

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Who is responsible when something goes wrong in a company

Local Government (Water Services) Bill

What to do if asked for your name, date of birth, and address by a compliance officer

372: Power to require name, date of birth, and address

Local Government (Water Services) Bill

Compliance officers can ask you questions to check rules or investigate risks, and you must answer, but with some limits.

373: Power to question

Local Government (Water Services) Bill

Officers can enter a place without permission if someone's health or safety is at risk.

375: Power to enter place without search warrant

Local Government (Water Services) Bill

Telling the owner when you enter their property for your job

376: Notice of entry

Local Government (Water Services) Bill

Authorities can enter a place to check for rule-breaking with your permission or a special search warrant.

377: Power to enter place with consent or search warrant

Local Government (Water Services) Bill

Rules for inspectors to follow when entering a place to check for problems

379: Conditions of entry, search, and seizure

Contempt of Court Act 2019

What happens if you behave badly in court and disrupt things on purpose

10: Judicial officer may cite disruptive behaviour

Deposit Takers Act 2023

Authorities can search a place, vehicle, or thing if they have permission or a warrant.

128: Power to enter and search place, vehicle, or other thing

Civil Aviation Act 2023

Minister's power to keep New Zealand safe by controlling aviation if it's a national security risk

355: Powers of Minister to intervene on grounds of national security

Civil Aviation Act 2023

Aviation security officers can search you, your things, or places at airports to keep everyone safe.

141: Searching powers of aviation security officers

Civil Aviation Act 2023

Leaving a note when inspecting a place with no one in charge

286: Notice of entry

Civil Aviation Act 2023

Inspectors can take things from aviation places to check rules are being followed

287: Power to take samples and other objects and things

Civil Aviation Act 2023

The Director can search a place if they think someone broke aviation rules, with permission or a warrant.

288: Power of entry (by consent or under warrant) where Director suspects contravention of relevant civil aviation legislation

Civil Aviation Act 2023

You must tell an inspector your real name, address, and birthdate if they ask.

295: Offence to fail to provide inspector with correct name, residential address, and date of birth

Civil Aviation Act 2023

Police can seize or destroy unmanned aircraft if they think it's being used for crime or to hurt people.

316: Power to seize, detain, or destroy aircraft without person on board

Civil Aviation Act 2023

Rules for police to seize or detain an aircraft to keep people safe

320: Provisions relating to seizure or detention of aircraft under section 316

Civil Aviation Act 2023

Police need permission or a special warrant to enter your home or marae

317: Power to enter homes or marae

Civil Aviation Act 2023

What special words mean in the Civil Aviation Act 2023

133: Interpretation

Civil Aviation Act 2023

Keeping airports and navigation systems safe and secure

120: Security designated aerodromes and navigation installations

Civil Aviation Act 2023

Authorities have the power to search people and things at airports and other aviation places.

Civil Aviation Act 2023

Aviation security officers can stop and search your vehicle in special security areas

145: Power to require drivers to stop vehicles in security enhanced areas for searching

Civil Aviation Act 2023

What happens if you don't get searched or won't let airport security check you

146: Powers of aviation security officer in relation to person who is not searched or refuses consent to searching

Civil Aviation Act 2023

What happens if you refuse to be searched by a police officer at an airport

147: Powers of constable in relation to person who is not searched or refuses consent to searching

Civil Aviation Act 2023

What happens if airport security thinks you have something you're not allowed to carry

149: Item or substance suspected entering into, or in, sterile area

Civil Aviation Act 2023

What happens if a security officer finds something suspicious on you in a secure airport area

150: Item or substance suspected entering into, or in, landside security area or security enhanced area

Civil Aviation Act 2023

Rules about searching and taking things that don't belong to you

Civil Aviation Act 2023

What extra powers and rights do aviation security officers have?

Civil Aviation Act 2023

Aviation security officers can enter certain areas to keep people safe

156: Right of access for aviation security officers

Civil Aviation Act 2023

Authorities have the power to arrest people who break the rules at airports.

Civil Aviation Act 2023

Aviation security officers can arrest people without a warrant for certain crimes at special airports or security areas.

161: Power of arrest for crimes against Aviation Crimes Act 1972 or Arms Act 1983

Civil Aviation Act 2023

Police can arrest you if they think you broke an aviation rule and a security officer hands you over

162: Arrest of persons delivered to Police

Civil Aviation Act 2023

What powers police have to keep people safe

Civil Aviation Act 2023

What powers police have to keep people safe in aviation

163: Powers of Police

Civil Aviation Act 2023

What powers do Armed Forces members have when keeping airports and flights safe?

Civil Aviation Act 2023

Giving correct information when asked by aviation officials

404: Requirements relating to information and verification

Civil Aviation Act 2023

Rules to keep people safe when flying and using airports

56: Rules relating to safety and security

Civil Aviation Act 2023

Protection from being sued if you use a special power in a reasonable and honest way

321: Immunities in relation to exercise of power under section 316

Civil Aviation Act 2023

Rules about taking guns or explosives on planes or into special airport areas have changed

476: Section 11 amended (Taking firearms, explosives, etc, on to aircraft or into sterile area or security enhanced area)

Civil Aviation Act 2023

Aviation security officers are protected by law when doing their job honestly and correctly.

165: Protection of aviation security officers

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Sharing information with police and other important groups to help them do their job

128: Sharing of information with certain law enforcement or regulatory agencies

Gangs Act 2024

Limiting gang activities and intimidation in public spaces

Gangs Act 2024

What this law is called and why it has a name

1: Title

Gangs Act 2024

When the new gang rules begin

2: Commencement

Gangs Act 2024

This law explains why we have rules to stop gangs from scaring people in public

3: Purpose

Gangs Act 2024

What important words mean in the Gangs Act 2024

4: Interpretation

Gangs Act 2024

Rules for changing from old law to new law

5: Transitional, savings, and related provisions

Gangs Act 2024

This law applies to everyone, including the government

6: Act binds the Crown

Gangs Act 2024

Getting Started: Important Words and Rules

Gangs Act 2024

You can't show gang symbols in public places

7: Prohibition on display of gang insignia in public place

Gangs Act 2024

When you can show gang symbols in public

8: Exceptions to prohibition

Gangs Act 2024

Rules about wearing gang symbols in public and what happens if you break these rules

Gangs Act 2024

Police can tell gang members to leave an area if they're causing trouble

10: Power to issue dispersal notice

Gangs Act 2024

Police can hold you briefly to give you a notice to leave an area

12: Power to detain for purposes of issuing and serving notice

Gangs Act 2024

Police can tell people to leave or move away from a public place

14: Requirement to disperse

Gangs Act 2024

How long a notice lasts and what it says

Gangs Act 2024

How long a dispersal notice lasts and when it starts

15: Duration of dispersal notice

Gangs Act 2024

What a dispersal notice tells you and how long it lasts

16: Terms of dispersal notice

Gangs Act 2024

Rules about when people can still be together even if told to separate

17: Limits on dispersal notices

Gangs Act 2024

You can ask to change a dispersal notice for important reasons

18: Variation of dispersal notice for specified reasons

Gangs Act 2024

Breaking rules about staying away from certain people or places

Gangs Act 2024

Breaking the rules of a dispersal notice can get you in trouble

19: Breach of dispersal notice

Gangs Act 2024

Checking if the notice is fair

Gangs Act 2024

You can ask the police to check if your dispersal notice is fair

20: Review of dispersal notice

Gangs Act 2024

Gangs Act 2024

Court can stop gang members from meeting others to prevent crime

21: Power to make non-consorting orders

Gangs Act 2024

How long an order lasts and what it says

Gangs Act 2024

Non-consorting orders last for 3 years unless stopped early

22: Duration of non-consorting order

Gangs Act 2024

Rules about who you can't spend time with and for how long

23: Terms of non-consorting order

Gangs Act 2024

Rules about when gang members can still meet each other

24: Limits on non-consorting orders

Gangs Act 2024

Breaking the rules about staying away from certain people or places

Gangs Act 2024

What happens if you break the rules of a non-consorting order

25: Breach of non-consorting order

Gangs Act 2024

Changing or cancelling an order

Gangs Act 2024

Gangs Act 2024

Rules for telling gang members to leave an area and stop hanging out with each other

Gangs Act 2024

Only police can start legal action for breaking this law

30: Filing charging document for offence

Gangs Act 2024

How the rules about proof are used

Gangs Act 2024

Rules made by the government to help with the main law

Gangs Act 2024

The Governor-General can update the official list of gangs based on the Police Minister's advice

32: Power to amend Schedule 2 by Order in Council

Gangs Act 2024

Rules to help make the Gangs Act work properly

33: Regulations

Gangs Act 2024

Changes and updates to other laws and rules

Gangs Act 2024

Old gang laws and rules are cancelled

38: Repeals and revocation

Gangs Act 2024

Changes to other laws because of the new gang rules

39: Consequential amendments

Gangs Act 2024

Rules for understanding and using the law about gangs

Gangs Act 2024

Rules for changing to the new gang law

Schedule 1: Transitional, savings, and related provisions

Gangs Act 2024

List of groups the law says are gangs in New Zealand

Schedule 2: Identified gangs

Gangs Act 2024

Changes to other laws because of the new Gangs Act

Schedule 3: Consequential amendments

Gangs Act 2024

Police must try to explain dispersal notices to you

13: Duty of constable to explain dispersal notice

Gangs Act 2024

How police give you a notice to leave an area

11: Service of dispersal notice

Gangs Act 2024

Court must give special order to stop you from having gang symbols if you break the law three times

9: Mandatory gang insignia prohibition order for repeat offences