Summary Offences (Possession of High-power Laser Pointers) Amendment Act 2014
Summary Offences (Possession of High-power Laser Pointers) Amendment Act 2014
Summary Offences (Possession of High-power Laser Pointers) Amendment Act 2014

Summary Offences (Possession of High-power Laser Pointers) Amendment Act 2014
| Public Act | 2014 No 49 |
| Date of assent | 27 July 2014 |
| Commencement | see section 2 |
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
1 Title
This Act is the Summary Offences (Possession of High-power Laser Pointers) Amendment Act 2014.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day that is 28 days after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3 Principal Act
This Act amends the Summary Offences Act 1981 (the principal Act).
4 New section 13B inserted (Possession of high-power laser pointers)
After section 13A, insert:
“13B Possession of high-power laser pointers
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“(1) Every person is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or a fine not exceeding $2,000 who, in any public place, without reasonable excuse, has any high-power laser pointer in his or her possession.
“(2) On convicting any person of an offence against subsection (1), the court may order that the high-power laser pointer be forfeited to the Crown.
“(3) In this section, high-power laser pointer means a device that,—
“(a) in the Director-General of Health's opinion, is of the kind commonly known as a laser pointer; and
“(b) is battery operated; and
“(c) is designed or intended to be operated while held in the hand; and
“(d) produces a coherent beam of optical radiation of low divergence; and
“(e) has a power output of greater than 1 milliwatt.”
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Legislative history | |
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| 15 November 2012 | Introduction (Bill 88–1) |
| 25 September 2013 | First reading and referral to Transport and Industrial Relations Committee |
| 19 February 2014 | Reported from Transport and Industrial Relations Committee (Bill 88–2) |
| 28 May 2014 | Second reading |
| 25 June 2014 | Committee of the whole House |
| 23 July 2014 | Third reading |
| 27 July 2014 | Royal assent |
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Justice.