Policing Act 2008

49 Use of term Police or New Zealand Police in operating name

• (1) A person commits an offence who, without reasonable excuse, carries on an activity under an operating name that includes the word “Police” or the words “New Zealand Police”, in a manner likely to lead a person to believe that the activity is endorsed or authorised by the Police or any part of the Police.

  (2) A person who commits an offence against this section is liable on conviction,—

  • (a) in the case of an individual, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to a fine not exceeding $5,000:

  • (b) in the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding $20,000.

  Section 49(2): amended, on 1 July 2013, by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).