New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
The First Convention means the Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field, adopted at Geneva on the 12th day of August 1949, a copy of which Convention (not including the annexes to that Convention) is set out in Schedule 1 to this Act
The Second Convention means the Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea, adopted at Geneva on the 12th day of August 1949, a copy of which Convention (not including the annex to that Convention) is set out in Schedule 2 to this Act
The Third Convention means the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War adopted at Geneva on the 12th day of August 1949, a copy of which Convention (not including the annexes to that Convention) is set out in Schedule 3 to this Act
The Fourth Convention means the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, adopted at Geneva on the 12th day of August 1949, a copy of which Convention (not including the annexes to that Convention) is set out in Schedule 4 to this Act
The Conventions means the First Convention, the Second Convention, the Third Convention, and the Fourth Convention
New Zealand aircraft means any aircraft that is registered or required to be registered in New Zealand under the Civil Aviation Act 1990; and includes any aircraft belonging to or in the service of Her Majesty in right of New Zealand, whether a civil or a military aircraft
New Zealand aircraft: amended, as from 17 November 1964, by section 34 Civil Aviation Act 1964 (1964 No 68) by substituting the Civil Aviation Act 1964 for the Civil Aviation Act 1948.
New Zealand aircraft: further amended, as from 1 September 1990, by section 101(1) Civil Aviation Act 1990 (1990 No 98) by substituting the Civil Aviation Act 1990 for the Civil Aviation Act 1964.
New Zealand ship means a New Zealand ship or ship belonging to Her Majesty as those terms are defined in the Shipping and Seamen Act 1952; and includes an unregistered ship which is by Part 12 of that Act required to be registered in New Zealand or in some other Commonwealth country
Protected internee means a person protected by the Fourth Convention and interned in New Zealand
Protected prisoner of war means a person protected by the Third Convention
The protecting power, in relation to a protected prisoner of war or a protected internee, means the power or organisation which is carrying out, in the interests of the power of which he is a national, or of whose forces he is, or was at any material time, a member, the duties assigned to protecting powers under the Third Convention or the Fourth Convention, as the case may be.
The First Protocol means the Protocol Additional to the Conventions and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts, adopted at Geneva on the 8th day of June 1977, a copy of which Protocol (not including the annexes to that Protocol) is set out in Schedule 5 to this Act
The First Protocol, The Second Protocol, and The Protocols: inserted, as from 10 July 1987, by section 3(1) Geneva Conventions Amendment Act 1987 (1987 No 144).
The Second Protocol means the Protocol Additional to the Conventions and relating to the protection of victims of non-international armed conflicts, adopted at Geneva on the 8th day of June 1977, a copy of which Protocol is set out in Schedule 6 to this Act
The First Protocol, The Second Protocol, and The Protocols: inserted, as from 10 July 1987, by section 3(1) Geneva Conventions Amendment Act 1987 (1987 No 144).
(2) If the ratification on behalf of New Zealand of any of the Conventions or of either of the Protocols is subject to a reservation or is accompanied by a declaration, that Convention or that Protocol, as the case may require, shall, for the purposes of this Act, have effect and be construed subject to and in accordance with that reservation or declaration.
Section 2(1) Court: repealed, on 1 July 2009, by section 87 of the Court Martial Act 2007 (2007 No 101).
Subsection (2) was substituted, as from 10 July 1987, by section 3(2) Geneva Conventions Amendment Act 1987 (1987 No 144).