The Search and Surveillance Bill currently under consideration by Parliament is an attempt to create a unified law for all government agencies. These powers are currently defined, differently, in over 70 different acts ranging from the Crimes Act to the Meat Board Act.
Articles
- Survey of current surveillance and interception law in New Zealand
- Jailing People for Remaining Silent
- Search and Surveillance Bill Threatens Privacy
Resources
- Law Commission report that is the basis of the bill.
- Current legislative status of the bill
- Text of the bill
- Keith Locke’s (Green MP) speech against the bill.
- Human Rights Commission press release raising concerns about the bill contravening human rights.
- The Privacy Commissioner’s raises privacy concerns in their submission about the bill.
- Law firm Bell Gully expresses concerns about the bill.
- Law firm Chapman Tripp worries about the new powers in the bill.
- Submission from the New Zealand Council of Civil Liberties.