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Legislation

NZ Statutes
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NZ Secondary Legislation
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Legislation A - H
Arms Act 1983 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Arms Regs 1992 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Bail Act 2000 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Child Protection (Child Sex Offender Government Agency Registration) Act 2016 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Contempt of Court Act 2019 (in force 26 August 2020) PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1967 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Costs in Criminal Cases Regs 1987 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Courts (Remote Participation) Act 2010 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Crimes Act 1961 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Criminal Disclosure Act 2008 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Criminal Investigations (Bodily Samples) Act 1995 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Criminal Justice Act 1985 (Repealed) PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Criminal Procedure Act 2011 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Criminal Procedure Rules 2012 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Crown Prosecution Regs 2013 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Disputes Tribunals Act 1988 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Disputes Tribunals Rules 1989 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	District Court (Access to Court Documents) Rules 2017 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	District Courts Act 1947 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
District Court Act 2016 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	District Courts Rules 2009 (Revoked) PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	District Court Rules 2014 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Dog Control Act 1996 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Domestic Violence Act 1995 (Repealed) PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Electronic Courts and Tribunals Act 2016 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Evidence Act 2006 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Evidence Regs 2007 (Revoked) PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Evidence (Video Records and Very Young Children’s Evidence) Regs 2023 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Family Violence Act 2018 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Family Violence Regs 2019 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Harassment Act 1997 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 (Repealed) PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Human Rights Act 1993 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw

Legislation I - Z
Intellectual Disability (CCR) Act 2003 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Interpretation Act 1999 (Repealed) PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Juries Act 1981 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Jury Rules 1990 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Land Transport Act 1998 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Legal Services Act 2011 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Legislation Act 2019 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Misuse of Drugs Regs 1977 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Parole Act 2002 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Policing Act 2008 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Privacy Act 1993 (Repealed) PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Privacy Act 2020 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Psychoactive Substances Act 2013 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Residential Tenancies Act 1986 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Search and Surveillance Act 2012 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Sentencing Act 2002 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Sentencing and Parole Reform Act 2010 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Sentencing Regs 2002 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Social Security Act 2018 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Substance Addiction (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 2017 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Summary Offences Act 1981 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Summary Proceedings Act 1957 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Tax Administration Act 1994 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Trespass Act 1980 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Victims' Rights Act 2002 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw

Case Law

Case Search (Westlaw)	Criminal Cases (Westlaw)	District Court Judgments
Family Cases (Westlaw)	Judicial Decisions Online (JDO)	Linxplus (Lexis Advance)
NZ Family Law Reports (Lexis Advance)	NZ Law Reports (Lexis Advance)	NZLII
Sentencing Tracker (Westlaw)

Commentary

Abbott and Thompson District Courts Practice - Criminal (Lexis Advance)	Adams on Criminal Law (Westlaw)	Becroft and Hall's Transport Law (Lexis Advance )
Burrows and Carter Statute Law in New Zealand / Carter (6th ed : 2021) (Lexis Advance)	Civil Procedure : District Courts and Tribunals (Westlaw)	Cross on Evidence (Lexis Advance)
District Courts Practice - Civil (Lexis Advance)	Fair Trading : Misleading or Deceptive Conduct / Trotman and Wilson (2nd ed : 2013) (Lexis Advance)	Garrow and Turkington's Criminal Law in NZ (Lexis Advance)
Hall's Sentencing (Lexis Advance)	Intellectual Property in New Zealand / Frankel (2nd ed : 2011) (Lexis Advance)	Law of Contract in New Zealand / Burrows, Finn and Todd (7th ed : 2022) (Lexis Advance)
Law of Societies in New Zealand / von Dadelszen (3rd ed : 2013) (Lexis Advance)	Law of Transportation (Westlaw)	Mahoney on evidence: Act and analysis (2nd ed, 2024) (ProView)
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Useful Resources

Find a Lawyer or Organisation (NZ Law Society)	In Court Media Guidelines (MoJ Website)	LexisNexis home page
NZ Law Style Guide (Law Foundation NZ)	OverDrive (LexisNexis)	Practical Guidance - Criminal (Lexis Advance)
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