Prisoners' and Victims' Claims (2012 Expiry and Application Dates) Amendment Act 2012
Prisoners' and Victims' Claims (2012 Expiry and Application Dates) Amendment Act 2012
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Prisoners' and Victims' Claims (2012 Expiry and Application Dates) Amendment Act 2012

Prisoners' and Victims' Claims (2012 Expiry and Application Dates) Amendment Act 2012
| Public Act | 2012 No 49 |
| Date of assent | 29 June 2012 |
| Commencement | see section 2 |
Contents
Part 1
Amendment deferring expiry of restrictions on awarding of compensation
5 Section 16 amended (Expiry of subpart)
Part 2
Amendments extending application of victims' claims process
8 Section 17 amended (Compensation of prisoners, etc, must be paid to Secretary)
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
1 Title
This Act is the Prisoners' and Victims' Claims (2012 Expiry and Application Dates) Amendment Act 2012.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3 Principal Act
This Act amends the Prisoners' and Victims' Claims Act 2005 (the principal Act).
Part 1
Amendment deferring expiry of restrictions on awarding of compensation
4 Purpose of this Part
The purpose of this Part is to amend subpart 1 of Part 2 of the principal Act to defer its expiry by 1 year, until the close of 30 June 2013.
5 Section 16 amended (Expiry of subpart)
In section 16, replace
“30 June 2012”
with“30 June 2013”
.
Part 2
Amendments extending application of victims' claims process
7 Purpose of this Part
The purpose of this Part is to amend subpart 2 of Part 2 of the principal Act to extend the victims' claims process in that subpart to compensation to be paid in respect of specified claims made on or after 1 July 2012 but before 1 July 2013.
8 Section 17 amended (Compensation of prisoners, etc, must be paid to Secretary)
In section 17(1)(a)(i) and (ii) and (b)(i) and (ii), replace
“1 July 2012”
with“1 July 2013”
.
9 Consequential repeals
-
(1) Repeal the Prisoners' and Victims' Claims (Expiry and Application Dates) Amendment Act 2010 (other than Part 1).
(2) Repeal section 5 of the Prisoners' and Victims' Claims Amendment Act 2007.
Legislative history | |
|---|---|
| 2 April 2012 | Introduction (Bill 12–1) |
| 2 May 2012 | First reading and referral to Justice and Electoral Committee |
| 5 June 2012 | Report of the Justice and Electoral Committee |
| 21 June 2012 | Second reading |
| 26 June 2012 | Committee stage |
| 28 June 2012 | Third reading |
| 29 June 2012 | Royal assent |
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Justice.
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Prisoners' and Victims' Claims (2012 Expiry and Application Dates) Amendment Act 2012
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