Proposed amendment
Rt Hon Bill English, in Committee, to move the following amendment:
Clause 47
In clause 47, replace the definition of serious crime (page 50, lines 26 to 31) with:
serious crime,—
(a)
for the purposes of section 55A, means,—
(i)
in relation to New Zealand, any offence punishable by 3 or more years’ imprisonment; and
(ii)
in relation to any other country, any offence that, if it occurred in New Zealand, would be an offence punishable by 3 or more years’ imprisonment; and
(b)
for the purposes of section 91P, means,—
(i)
in relation to New Zealand, any offence punishable by 2 or more years’ imprisonment; and
(ii)
in relation to any other country, an offence that, if it occurred in New Zealand, would be an offence punishable by 2 or more years’ imprisonment