Crimes (Internationally Protected Persons, United Nations and Associated Personnel, and Hostages) Act 1980

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Crimes (Internationally Protected Persons, United Nations and Associated Personnel, and Hostages) Act 1980

Public Act1980 No 44
Date of assent2 December 1980
Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this eprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this eprint, together with other explanatory material about this eprint.

This Act is administered in the Department of Justice.

An Act to give effect to—

  • (a) the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents, 1973; and

  • (b) the Convention Against the Taking of Hostages 1979; and

  • (c) the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel 1994; and

  • (d) the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel 1994;—

and for matters incidental to the implementation of those Conventions.

  • The Long Title was substituted, as from 1 March 1999, by section 2(2) Crimes (Internationally Protected Persons and Hostages) Amendment Act 1998 (1998 No 36).

  • Title paragraph (c): amended, on 7 July 2010, by section 4 of the Crimes (Internationally Protected Persons, United Nations and Associated Personnel, and Hostages) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 59).

  • Title paragraph (d): added, on 7 July 2010, by section 4 of the Crimes (Internationally Protected Persons, United Nations and Associated Personnel, and Hostages) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 59).

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: