New Zealand Legislation: Acts

3 Purpose of this Act

• The purpose of this Act is—

  • (a) to make further provision in New Zealand law for the suppression of terrorism; and

  • (b) to make provision to implement in New Zealand law New Zealand's obligations under—

    • (i) the Bombings Convention; and

    • (ii) the Financing Convention; and

    • (iii) the Anti-terrorism Resolution; and

    • (iv) the Nuclear Material Convention; and

    • (v) the Plastic Explosives Convention; and

    • (vi) the Nuclear Terrorism Convention; and

  • (c) to make further provision to implement, in part, the Al-Qaida and the Taliban Sanctions Resolutions.

  Section 3: substituted, on 20 November 2007, by section 4 of the Terrorism Suppression Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 102).