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Anti-Personnel Mines Prohibition Act 1998

Public Act	1998 No 111
Date of assent	8 December 1998

Contents

1 Short Title and commencement

Part 1
Preliminary provisions

2 Interpretation

3 Meaning of anti-personnel mine

4 Meaning of officer

Purpose of this Act

Act binds the Crown

Part 2
Prohibitions and offences related to anti-personnel mines

7 Prohibitions and offences

8 Exceptions to prohibitions

Part 3
Seizure, forfeiture, and deactivation or destruction of anti-personnel mines

9 Seizure, forfeiture, and deactivation or destruction of anti-personnel mines

10 Application of Customs and Excise Act 1996

11 Minister may authorise anti-personnel mines for certain purposes

Part 4
Information and documents

12 Purpose of this Part

13 Supply of information

14 Secretary may seek information

15 Failure to supply information an offence

16 False or misleading statements and documents

Part 5
Fact-finding missions

Purpose of this Part

17 Purpose of this Part

Access by fact-finding missions

18 Fact-finding missions

19 Officers who may accompany member of fact-finding mission

20 Ministerial directions

New Zealand assistance with fact-finding missions

21 Identification certificates

22 Search warrants

23 Obligations of officers accompanying member of fact-finding mission

24 Obstruction of member of fact-finding mission

Part 6
Miscellaneous provisions

Self-Incrimination

25 Self-incrimination

Application to Tokelau

27 Application to Tokelau

Amendments to Arms Act 1983

28 Interpretation

29 Act to bind the Crown

30 Further amendments to Arms Act 1983

An Act to implement in the law of New Zealand the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows: