New Zealand Legislation: Acts

24A Limitations on requests by convention countries

• If a convention country requests assistance under this Part in accordance with a convention referred to in column 1 of the table in the Schedule, the request must relate to criminal matters arising from the commission or suspected commission of an offence that, if committed within the jurisdiction of New Zealand, would correspond to an offence listed or described in column 2 of that table in the same row as the reference to the convention.

  Section 24A was inserted, as from 1 March 1999, by section 3 Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment Act 1998 (1998 No 15). See clause 2 Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment Act 1998 Commencement Order 1999 (SR 1999/10).

  Subsection (1) was amended, as from 8 May 1999, by section 3(1) Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 41) by substituting “within the jurisdiction of New Zealand” for “in New Zealand”.

  Subsection (2) was amended, as from 8 May 1999, by section 3(2) Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 41) by substituting “within the jurisdiction of New Zealand” for “in New Zealand”.

  Subsections (3) to (5) were substituted, as from 8 May 1999, by section 3(3) Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 41).

  Subsection (6) was inserted, as from 21 May 1999, by section 2 Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment (No 2) Act 1999 (1999 No 58).

  Subsection (7) was inserted, as from 3 May 2001, by section 11(1) Crimes (Bribery of Foreign Public Officials) Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 28).

  A second subsection (7) was inserted, as from 27 September 2001, by section 3 Mutual Assistance In Criminal Matters Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 72).

  Section 24A was substituted, as from 18 June 2002, by section 4 Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 23).