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In 2020 the Self Containment Standard and it use by Private organizations came under Investigation by Internal Affairs, Commerce Commission and others. The conclusion was that the Self Containment Standard was without legal substance and unable to be enforced in law [citation needed]. Much of the reasoning for the failure to be included in the ...
The Sentencing Amendment Act 2024 is a New Zealand Act of Parliament which amends the Sentencing Act 2002 to make membership of criminal gangs an aggravating factor in sentencing. [3] The Act was split from the Sixth National Government 's Gangs Legislation Bill on 8 August 2024, [ 1 ] with the companion Gangs Act 2024 banning gang insignia and ...
The Gangs Act 2024 is an omnibus bill that seeks to reduce the harmful behaviours caused by criminal gangs and to disincentivise gang membership. It makes displaying gang patches a criminal offence, creates new dispersal powers to stop gang members for gathering in a public area for seven days and create a new non-consorting order which bans specified gang offenders from consorting with each ...
Restores New Zealand citizenship to people born in Western Samoa between 1924 and 1949. [11] Racing Industry (Unlawful Destruction of Specified Greyhounds) Amendment Act 2024 2024/109-1: 10 December 2024 Urgent legislation banning greyhound dogs from being killed while the Government takes action to phase out greyhound racing in New Zealand by ...
The government had already asked the Law Commission to review the law in late 2006, and on 5 April 2007 it released its report formally recommending that the law be repealed. [6] A coalition of four minor parties – ACT New Zealand , the Greens , the Māori Party and United Future – who collectively held a balance of power in Parliament ...
New Zealand Customs officials said 10.2 kilograms (22 pounds) of methamphetamine worth up to $2.2 million was discovered in the woman’s carry-on luggage when she arrived at Auckland Airport on a ...
The Three Strikes Legislation Repeal Act 2022 removes references to the Sentencing and Parole Reform Act 2010 in several laws including the Sentencing Act 2002, the Arms Act 1983, the Criminal Procedure Act 2011, the Evidence Act 2006, the Parole Act 2002, the Victims' Orders Against Violent Offenders Act 2014, Criminal Procedure (Transfer of Information) Regulations 2013, and the Legal ...
The law change has been described by supporters as aimed at making 'Aotearoa New Zealand […] a place where children are secure, confident, understand limits and boundaries and behave well – without physical punishment' and to 'protect children from assault'. [15] The first conviction under the new law occurred on 22 November 2007. [16]