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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 ...
Key provisions of the Arms Legislation Bill include creating a national gun registry; strengthening the licensing regime to filter out "high risk" people and behaviour; creating an advisory group consisting of members of both the firearms and non-firearms communities; strengthening regulation over the importation, distribution, and manufacture of firearms and components; and introducing new ...
Gun laws in New Zealand focus mainly on vetting firearm owners, rather than registering firearms or banning certain types of firearms. [8] Firearms legislation is provided for in the New Zealand's gun laws: the Arms Act 1983, [9] Arms Amendment Act 1992, [10] and Arms Regulations 1992 [11] and associated regulations.
New Zealand’s government will overhaul the tighter gun laws introduced after a deadly mass shooting by a white supremacist five years ago, because they put excessive burdens on gun owners who ...
According to the Small Arms Survey, New Zealand is the 17th highest ranking country in terms of civilian gun ownership with a population of under 5 million and an estimated 1.5 million firearms. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] The buyback ended on 20 December 2019.
[4] [5] The Reinstating Three Strikes Bill is one of the key policies of the Sixth National Government that was elected following the 2023 New Zealand general election. [6] On 13 December, the legislation passed into law with the support of the governing National, ACT and New Zealand First parties. [3]
List of acts of the New Zealand Parliament (1912–1928) 16 years 3: United: List of statutes of New Zealand (1928–1931) 3 years 4: United–Reform coalition: List of statutes of New Zealand (1931–1935) 4 years 5: First Labour: List of statutes of New Zealand (1935–1949) 14 years 6: First National: List of statutes of New Zealand (1949 ...
The Obscene Publications Act 1857 was one of the earliest censorious acts in New Zealand. Aimed at "works written with the single purpose of corrupting the morals of youth and of nature calculated to shock the common feeling of decency in any well regulated mind", it laid out a process by which obscene works could be destroyed, but did not explicitly define what could be considered an obscene ...