Fisheries Amendment Bill [pdf, 217 KB]
...liability offences. 12. Strict liability offences may nevertheless be consistent with the Bill of Rights Act if the limits can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society, in accordance with 1 See, for example, Hamed v R [2011] NZSC 101, [2012] 2 NZLR 305 at [161] per Blanchard J. 2 Ministry of Justice Legal Advice – Consistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990: Fisheries (Foreign Charter Vessels and Other Matters) Amendment Bill (24 September 2012). 3...