The purposes of this Act are—

• (a) to leave unaffected, as far as the parties in the proceedings entitled R v Hamed & Others are concerned, the decision of the Supreme Court in Hamed & Others v R [2011] NZSC 101, 2 September 2011; and

• (b) to provide a temporary period that will enable Parliament to address in a comprehensive way the matters raised in the decision regarding the lawful and appropriate use of video camera surveillance as part of law enforcement; and

• (c) to uphold, during the temporary period referred to in paragraph (b), the deployment of video camera surveillance only to the extent that it was considered to be not unlawful in decisions prior to the decision in Hamed; and

• (d) to ensure that the right to be secure against unreasonable search and seizure set out in section 21 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 is unaffected by the temporary measures put in place by this Act.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

(1) This section applies to the use of covert video camera surveillance as part of, or in connection with, a search, if that use occurs on or after the commencement of this Act but before the close of the day that is 6 months after the date on which this Act comes into force.

(2) The use of covert video camera surveillance as part of, or in connection with, a search does not of itself render the search unlawful.

(3) This section is subject to sections 6 and 7.

(1) Despite section 5(1), the fact that covert video camera surveillance was used as part of, or in connection with, a search to obtain evidence that was admitted in a criminal proceeding is not of itself a reason for allowing an appeal against a conviction that was entered in that proceeding prior to the commencement of this Act.

(2) This section is subject to section 7.

Nothing in this Act affects the decision as it relates to any specified person.