New Zealand Acts

NEW ZEALAND NUCLEAR FREE ZONE, DISARMAMENT, AND ARMS CONTROL ACT 1987 - SECT 15

15 Consent of Attorney-General to proceedings in relation to offences

1 No charging document may be filed against any person for—

a) an offence against this Act; or

b) the offence of conspiring to commit an offence against this Act; or

c) the offence of attempting to commit an offence against this Act,—

except with the consent of the Attorney-General:   provided that a person alleged to have committed any offence mentioned in this subsection may be arrested, or a warrant for any such person's arrest may be issued and executed, and any such person may be remanded in custody or on bail, notwithstanding that the consent of the Attorney-General to the filing of a charging document for the offence has not been obtained, but no further or other proceedings shall be taken until that consent has been obtained.  

2 The Attorney-General may, before deciding whether or not to give consent under subsection (1), make such inquiries as the Attorney-General thinks fit.

History: Section 15(1): amended, on 1 July 2013, by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).