Terrorism Suppression Act 2002

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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).