New Zealand Acts

VICTIMS' RIGHTS ACT 2002 - SECT 29

29 Specified offence defined

In this Act, a
"specified offence" is—

a) an offence of a sexual nature specified in—

i) Part 7 of the Crimes Act 1961, excluding the offences in sections 143 and 144 ; or

ii) sections 216H to 216J of the Crimes Act 1961; or

b) an offence of serious assault that does not come within paragraph (a); or

c) an offence that has resulted in serious injury to a person, in the death of a person, or in a person becoming incapable; or

d) an offence of another kind, and that has led to the victim having ongoing fears, on reasonable grounds,—

i) for his or her physical safety or security; or

ii) for the physical safety or security of 1 or more members of his or her immediate family.

History: Section 29: replaced, on 6 December 2014, by section 16 of the Victims’ Rights Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 35).