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  1. Changes to New Zealand’s Harmful Digital Communications Law

    The Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015 has been updated to make it an offence to post intimate visual recordings without the consent of the person in the recording. The change aims to improve access to justice for victims/survivors of image-based sexual abuse. Image-based sexual abuse is the non-consensual sharing of intimate recordings, such as posting someone’s private nude images or videos online without their permission. Often referred to as ‘revenge porn’ or ‘sextortion’, ima

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  2. Proactive release - Criminal Investigations (Bodily Samples) Amendment Regulations 2019 [pdf, 1006 KB]

    ...Cabinet paper Office of the Minister of Justice 18 July 2019 Released in full. Note that the copies of the regulations and commencement orders provided to Ministers with this paper have been withheld in accordance with section 61 of the Legislation Act 2012 and section 9(2)(h) of the Official Information Act 1982 to maintain legal professional privilege. The legislative instruments are publicly available from www.legislation.govt.nz. 2. Criminal Investigations (Bodily Samp...

  7. Proactive release - Real Estate Authority (Licensing) Amendment Regulations 2021 [pdf, 1.8 MB]

    ...Council Meeting Date: 25/11/2021 All information has been released in full. RE LE AS ED B Y TH E AS SO CI AT E MIN IS TE R OF JU ST IC E I N C O N F I D E N C E In Confidence Office of the Associate Minister of Justice Cabinet Legislation Committee Real Estate Agents (Licensing) Amendment Regulations 2021 Proposal 1 This paper seeks authorisation for submission to the Executive Council of the Real Estate Agents (Licensing) Amendment Regulations 2021 (the Amen...

  8. Advice Subordinate Legislation Confirmation Bill (No 6) [pdf, 63 KB]

    LEGAL ADVICE LPA 01 01 24 24 June 2021 Hon David Parker, Attorney-General Consistency with New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990: Subordinate Legislation Confirmation Bill (No 6) 1. We have considered whether the Subordinate Legislation Confirmation Bill (No 6) (the Bill) is consistent with the rights and freedoms affirmed in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (the Bill of Rights Act). 2. We have not yet received a final version of the Bill. This advice has been prepar...

  10. Oaths-and-Declarations-Maori-Language-Amendment-Regulations-2024.pdf [pdf, 271 KB]

    ...2024 Cabinet Minute -EG-24-MIN-0030 Cabinet Office 21 March 2024 © Crown Copyright, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) I N C O N F I D E N C E In Confidence Office of the Minister of Justice Chair, Cabinet Legislation Committee Amendments to Oaths and Declarations (Māori Language) Regulations 2004 Proposal 1 This paper seeks authorisation for submission to the Executive Council of the Oaths and Declarations (Māori Language) Amendment Reg...