Scoop Coverage: Video Surveillance Bill
Submissions can be made through the Parliament website at http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/PB/SC/MakeSub/. Submissions can be made until 12.00am (midnight) tonight, Wednesday, 28 September 2011... Members of the public who
want to give evidence at the public hearing are asked to be present at Bowen House between 7.00pm and 8.00pm. More>>
Christopher Finlayson: - "Last month, the Supreme Court retrospectively altered the law. It ruled that in the absence of specific statutory
authorisation the use of covert video surveillance amounting to a search, and conducted in tandem with a Summary
Proceedings Act search warrant, was unlawful..." More>>
Keith Locke: "The Video Camera Surveillance (Temporary Measures) Bill is one of the worst bills to pass through this Parliament. It
is being rushed through completely unnecessarily and is a retrospective bill that legalises illegal behaviour by the
police and other agencies..." More>>
Te Ururoa Flavell: "Now, this bill, I think, cuts to the very core of some deeply held concerns within our community. Mr Hide outlined
most of them, but we are talking about transparency, we are talking about accountability, we are definitely talking
about trust, and ultimately even the notion of corruption...." More>>
Law Society: In its submission, the Law Society finds the proposed law "objectionable" for a number of reasons, including the fact
that it misrepresents the legal position – both as it existed before the Supreme Court decision in the recent Hamed case
and as it was determined to be in that case. ... More>>
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Unfortunately though, you would need to be stoned to see any principled continuity between the party’s support last week
for the government’s rushed policy on Police covert surveillance on private property, and the sanctity of private
property that Act then sought to enshrine in the right-to-self-defence measures that it unveiled on the weekend. More>>
“The Video Camera Surveillance Bill gives Police carte blanche to use covert video surveillance when implementing their
search powers,” said Keith Locke. More>>
ALSO:Labour Releases Draft Bill & Its ResponseLabour - Red Alert Blog: Labour’s response to Goverment BillDraft bill & correspondence (PDF)Labour's repsonse (PDF)Scoop Audio - 95bFM: Manning & Armistead - Retro Bill & Current Prisoners - 5AA: Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey on Retro-Terror BillPundit.co.nz Out-Link - Further on "the Geddis solution" ...Mana Party - Mana Outraged At Retrospective LegislationEarlier coverage - Scoop Politics section
It would be easier to respect the law if – repeatedly – the Police and SIS didn’t seem so willing to break it whenever
it suits them, while relying on the politicians to come along and clean up the mess they leave behind... More>>
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The Government plans to pass urgent legislation to override a recent Supreme Court decision on covert filming.
The ruling, on the case of those charged after the Operation 8 raids in the Ureweras, found that video evidence was
gathered by the police without any authority and by trespassing on Tuhoe land. This unlawful evidence was ruled
inadmissible in the cases of those charged only with arms charges. More>>
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