New Zealand Legislation: Acts

24 Application

• (1) Sections 25 to 29 of this Act apply to—

  • (a) Benefits that are provided to or derived by a person either within or outside New Zealand and either before or after the commencement of this Act:

  • (b) Property that comes into the possession, or under the control, of a person either within or outside New Zealand and either before or after the commencement of this Act.

  (2) Despite subsection (1), sections 25 to 29 do not apply to interests in or claims against property that a person who is a killer under the Succession (Homicide) Act 2007 is not entitled to claim or receive because of that Act.

  Compare: Proceeds of Crime Act 1987 (Aust), s 24

  Section 24(2): added, on 17 November 2007, by section 17 of the Succession (Homicide) Act 2007 (2007 No 95).