Corrections Amendment Regulations 2022 Amendment Regulations 2022

2022/79

Coat of Arms of New Zealand

Corrections Amendment Regulations 2022 Amendment Regulations 2022

Cindy Kiro, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 21st day of March 2022

Present:
Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council

These regulations are made under sections 85(2), 200, and 202 of the Corrections Act 2004

(a)

on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council; and

(b)

on the advice of the Minister of Corrections who, in accordance with section 85(3) of that Act, is satisfied that—

(i)

the use of pepper spray is compatible with the humane treatment of prisoners; and

(ii)

the potential benefits from the use of pepper spray outweigh the potential risks.

Regulations

1 Title

These regulations are the Corrections Amendment Regulations 2022 Amendment Regulations 2022.

2 Commencement

These regulations come into force on the day after the date of their notification in the Gazette.

3 Principal regulations

These regulations amend the Corrections Amendment Regulations 2022.

4 Regulation 6 amended (Regulation 123A replaced (Meaning of pepper spray))

In regulation 6, new regulation 123A(2)(a), replace “6 metres” with “7 metres”.

Michael Webster,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.

These regulations, which come into force on the day after the date of their notification in the Gazette, amend the Corrections Amendment Regulations 2022 to make a technical correction to the description of the hand-held deployment mechanism for pepper spray.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 24 March 2022.

These regulations are administered by the Department of Corrections.