The Countering Terrorist Fighters Legislation Bill was passed on 9th December 2014.
The Bill makes changes in three Acts: the
Passports Amendment Act 2014, Customs and Excise Amendment Act 2014 and
the New Zealand Security Intelligence Amendment Act 2014.
It amends three
existing laws to give the SIS greater powers of surveillance and to give
the Minister of Internal Affairs greater powers to suspend and cancel
passports.
The SIS will now be allowed to conduct surveillance on
terrorist suspects without a warrant for 24 hours, to conduct video
surveillance on private property (in relation to suspected
terrorism), and to have access to the Customs data in relation to
suspected terrorism.
