Explanatory note

This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order, which comes into force on 13 June 2006, brings sections 6 and 8 of the Crimes Amendment Act 2005 into force on 14 June 2006.

Section 6 creates new offences by the insertion of section 98AA in the Crimes Act 1961. The offences relate to dealing in people under 18 for the purposes of sexual exploitation, the removal of body parts, or engagement in forced labour.

Section 8 amends section 144A of the Crimes Act 1961, extending the provision that creates offences relating to sexual conduct with children outside New Zealand so as to include offences relating to the breach of prohibitions on the use in prostitution of people under 18.