Firearms-Prohibition-Orders-Legislation-Amendment-Bill_FINAL_Redacted.pdf [pdf, 1.6 MB]
...affected, and to address a matter that is essential to public safety. We do not consider that any of the situations described by LDAC apply. 62. The Ministry of Justice also has concerns about applying the search powers retrospectively from a human rights perspective. The search powers are In Confidence 13 unprecedented in New Zealand’s criminal law and will be a significant limit on people’s right to be secure against unreasonable search and seizure. Given the nature of...