New Zealand Acts

THREE STRIKES LEGISLATION REPEAL ACT 2022

- As at 15 August 2022
- Act 40 of 2022

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   1.      Title
   2.      Commencement

   PART 1 - Amendments to Sentencing Act 2002

   3.      Principal Act
   4.      Section 4 amended (Interpretation)
   5.      Sections 86A to 86I and cross-heading repealed
   6.      Section 89 amended (Imposition of minimum period of imprisonment)
   7.      Section 102 amended (Presumption in favour of life imprisonment for murder)
   8.      Section 103 amended (Imposition of minimum period of imprisonment or imprisonment without parole if life imprisonment imposed for murder)
   9.      Section 104 amended (Imposition of minimum period of imprisonment of 17 years or more)
   10.     Schedule 1AA amended

   PART 2 - Amendments to other legislation

           SUBPART 1 - Amendments to Acts

   11.     Principal Act
   12.     Section 22H amended (Persons disqualified from holding firearms licence)
   13.     Principal Act
   14.     Section 180 amended (Court may correct erroneous sentence)
   15.     Principal Act
   16.     Section 139 amended (Evidence of convictions, acquittals, and other judicial proceedings)
   17.     Principal Act
   18.     Section 20 amended (Parole eligibility date)
   19.     Section 84 amended (Non-parole periods)
   20.     Section 86 amended (Release date of sentence)
   21.     Section 88 amended (Chief executive must determine key dates, etc)
   22.     Principal Act
   23.     Section 4 amended (Interpretation)
   24.     Section 5 amended (Meaning of violent offender or offender)
   25.     Section 7 amended (Application for non-contact order)
   26.     Section 18 amended (Discharge of non-contact order by operation of law)

           SUBPART 2 - Amendments to secondary legislation

   27.     Principal regulations
   28.     Regulation 3 amended (Interpretation)
   29.     Regulation 8A amended (Information about criminal proceedings in VOAVOA proceedings)
   30.     Principal regulations
   31.     Schedule amended
   32.     Principal regulations
   33.     Regulation 5 amended (Prescribed forms)
   34.     Schedule amended
           Schedule 1AA amended