Neil Sands Tough new police powers to crack down on boy racers are “overbroad, disproportionate and inconsistent with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act”, TLANZ’s Criminal Law Committee has warned. The committee said that without significant amendments, the Anti-Social Road Use Legislation Amendment Bill “may fail operationally, repeating the experience of earlier ‘crusher’ legislation”. The bill, which passed its first reading in Parliament in August, creates a default penalty ...
