Hon Phil Goff
Government Bill
165—2
As reported from the Law and Order Committee
Commentary
Key
1 Title
2 Commencement
3 Principal Act amended
Part 1Amendments to Corrections Act 2004
4 Interpretation
5 Restrictions on exercise of certain powers
6 Religious and spiritual needs
7 Possession, carriage, and use of firearms prohibited
8 Definition of strip search
8A Authority to search property
9 Search of prisoners and cells
10 Search of staff lockers and other places
11 New section 103A inserted
103A Interpretation
12 General considerations relating to mail
13 Opening of mail
14 Reading of correspondence
15 Withholding mail
16 Mail between prisoners, official agencies, and members of Parliament
17 Mail between prisoners and legal advisers
18 New sections 110A to 110C inserted
110A Restrictions on disclosure of mail
110B Warnings in relation to mail
110C Application of Privacy Act 1993
19 Prisoner may be required to submit to drug or alcohol test
20 Offences by prisoner
21 Offences by prisoners relating to drugs and alcohol
21A Powers of hearing adjudicator in relation to offences against discipline
21B Powers of Visiting Justice in relation to offences by prisoners
22 Unauthorised deliveries, communications, and recordings
23 New section 141A inserted
141A Unauthorised use or possession of electronic communication device by prisoner
24 Restricted communications with, or deliveries to, prisoner outside prison
25 Contravention of section 118
26 Power of seizure
27 New heading and sections 179A to 179E inserted
Emergency management
179A Detention of prisoners eligible for release during outbreak or spread of infectious disease
179B No compensation for detention in prison under Health Act 1956
179C Interpretation
179D Notification of emergency
179E Exclusion of liability while epidemic notice in force or during emergency
28 New heading and section 181A inserted
Information sharing about highest-risk offenders
181A Disclosure of information relating to highest-risk offenders
29 Offender information may be disclosed to facilitate monitoring of certain offenders
30 Information sharing about child sex offenders
31 New heading and sections 189A to 189C inserted
Detection, interception, etc, of radiocommunications within prison boundaries
189A Interpretation
189B Detection, interception, etc, of radiocommunications within prison boundaries
189C Recordings of unauthorised communications
Part 2Amendments to other enactments
Crimes Act 1961
32 Amendment to Crimes Act 1961
Parole Act 2002
33 Amendments to Parole Act 2002
34 Conditions applying to release at statutory release date
Legislative history
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows: