New Zealand Acts

SENTENCING ACT 2002 - SECT 80ZMA

80ZMA Purpose of collecting biometric information

1 Biometric information collected under section 49(1)(fa), 54F(1)(gb), 59A, 69E(1)(db), 80C(2)(cb), or 80O(eb) may only be used for the purpose of helping—

a) to manage offenders to ensure public safety; and

b) to identify offenders before they leave New Zealand; and

c) to enforce the conditions specified in sections 54F(1)(ga), 69E(1)(da), 80C(2)(ca), and 80O(ea) .

2 Biometric information may be used only for the purpose referred to in subsection (1).

History: Section 80ZMA: inserted, on 22 August 2017, by section 65 of the Enhancing Identity Verification and Border Processes Legislation Act 2017 (2017 No 42).