This bill is an omnibus bill to strengthen the ability of agencies within the wider justice community to perform their functions related to law enforcement, including the detention of restricted patients, special patients, special care recipients, and other offenders.

Formerly part of the Objectionable Publications and Indecency Legislation Bill

This bill amends the Radio New Zealand Act 1995, it contains a new Radio New Zealand Charter that results from a Parliamentary review required by the Act.

This bill establishes a regime for the identification and management of offenders returning to New Zealand after being sentenced to more than 1 year's imprisonment in an overseas jurisdiction.

This bill proposes amendment to empower the High Court to issue a public protection order to detain a person in a secure facility, when, at the end of a finite prison sentence or subject to the most intensive form of an extended supervision order, they pose a very high risk of imminent and serious sexual or violent reoffending.