Search and Surveillance Powers

Opened 14 Sep 2001

Contact Details

• Allison Bennett
• ABennett@lawcom.govt.nz
• 04 914 4834

Publications to date

14 Sep 2001		Terms of Reference
1 Apr 2002		Preliminary Paper
16 Apr 2002		Press Release
30 Jun 2007		Report

Criminal Law
The Law Commission report Search and Surveillance Powers (NZLC R97 was tabled in Parliament in August 2007. Subsequently, the Commission worked with agencies across government to develop legislation to implement the report and the Search and Surveillance Powers Bill was introduced in September 2008. This Bill was replaced by the Search and Surveillance Bill in July 2009, which extends the generic regime proposed in the Commission’s report to a wider range of agencies and search powers than the first Bill. It also includes a number of changes to deal with issues identified after the introduction of the first Bill. The Justice and Electoral Committee has asked for submissions on the Bill by 18 September 2009. The Commission will continue to work with departmental advisers to the select committee.