New Zealand Acts

TERRORISM SUPPRESSION ACT 2002 - SECT 47

47 Protection of identity of persons making reports

1 This section applies in respect of the following information:

a) any report under section 43 :

b) any information the disclosure of which will identify, or is reasonably likely to identify, any person—

i) as a person who, in his or her capacity as an officer, employee, or agent of a reporting entity, has handled or identified property that was the subject of a report under section 43 ; or

ii) as a person who has prepared a report under section 43 ; or

iii) as a person who has made a report under section 43 :

c) any information that discloses or is reasonably likely to disclose the existence of a report under section 43 .

2 No constable may disclose any information to which this section applies except for the purposes of the enforcement of this Act, or for the purposes of the detection, investigation, and prosecution of an offence under this Act.

3 Nothing in subsection (2) limits the provision of assistance under the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1992 .

4 No person may disclose, in any judicial proceeding (within the meaning of section 108 of the Crimes Act 1961 ) any information to which this section applies, unless the Judge or, as the case requires, the person presiding at the proceeding, is satisfied that the disclosure of the information is necessary in the interests of justice.

5 Every person who knowingly contravenes subsection (4) commits an offence, and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.

Note: 1996 No 9 s 21

History: Section 47(1)(b)(i): amended, on 5 October 2021, by section 26 of the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 37).   Section 47(1)(b)(i): amended, on 17 October 2009, by section 161(2) of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 (2009 No 35).     Section 47(2): amended, on 1 October 2008, pursuant to section 116(a)(ii) of the Policing Act 2008 (2008 No 72).     Section 47(5): amended, on 1 July 2013, by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).