2020/169
Patsy Reddy, Governor-General
At Wellington this 27th day of July 2020
Present:The Right Hon Jacinda Ardern presiding in Council
These regulations are made under section 387 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council.
These regulations are the Crown Prosecution Amendment Regulations 2020.
These regulations come into force on 28 August 2020.
These regulations amend the Crown Prosecution Regulations 2013 (the principal regulations).
In regulation 3(1), definition of notice period, replace “and 192(1)” with “192(1), and 192A(1)”.
“and 192(1)”
“192(1), and 192A(1)”
In the heading to regulation 6, replace “or withdrawing” with “withdrawing, or joining”
“or withdrawing”
“withdrawing, or joining”
In the Schedule, insert in its appropriate alphabetical order:
Michael Webster,Clerk of the Executive Council.
These regulations, which are made under section 387 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (the Act) and come into force on 28 August 2020, amend the Crown Prosecution Regulations 2013 (the principal regulations). The amendments add several offences under the Contempt of Court Act 2019 to the list of offences in the Schedule of the principal regulations that are to be dealt with as Crown prosecutions. The amendments also adjust the principal regulations by adding a reference to section 192A of the Act to the definition of notice period in regulation 3 and modify the heading to regulation 6 to improve its accuracy.
Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.
Date of notification in Gazette: 30 July 2020.
These regulations are administered by the Crown Law Office.