Regulatory Impact Statement: Policing (Youth Identifying Particulars) Amendment Bill

Regulatory Impact Statement: Policing (Youth Identifying Particulars) Amendment Bill

Date Published: 
August 2011

This Regulatory Impact Statement has been prepared by New Zealand Police. It provides an analysis of options to address issues that have arisen in relation to the retention and use of identifying particulars (IP) for youth.

The Policing Act 2008 significantly narrowed the set of instances where Police may retain youth identifying particulars when compared to the provisions in the Police Act 1958. This arose through drafting rather than any policy decision that the Police should not retain the IP of young offenders where the charge has been proved in the Youth Court under section 283 of the Children, Young Persons and their Families Act 1989.