New Zealand Legislation: Acts

23 Restriction on use of evidence

• Any evidence, information, document, or article that is obtained, provided, or produced pursuant to a request made under this Part of this Act shall be used by a New Zealand authority only for the purposes of, or in connection with, the criminal matter to which the request relates, unless—

  • (a) The foreign country to which the request was made; and

  • (b) In the case of any evidence, information, document, or article obtained from, or provided or produced by, a person while he or she is in New Zealand pursuant to a request made under section 12 of this Act, that person—

  consents to the use of the evidence, information, document, or article for any other purpose.