NEW ZEALAND

POLICE

Ngc'r Aotearoa

30 June 2020

Request for information

Thank you for your email dated 2 June 2020 requesting information on
applications under the Terrorism Suppression (Control Orders) Act 2019.
You requested:

1. How many interim control orders has the Commissioner applied for
under the Act? How many of the applications were successful?

2. How many final control orders has the Commissioner applied for
under the Act'! How many of the applications were successful?

3. How many applications for variance of a control order has the
Commissioner applied for under the Act? How many of the
applications were successful?

4. How many applications for discharge of a control order has the
Commissioner applied for under the Act? How many of the
applications were successful?

5. How many people have been charged for the offence of breaching a
control order'?

Your request has been considered in accordance with the Official
lnforrnation Act 1982 and I enclose the following Information:

. The answers to all of the above questions is nil.

That there have been no applications for control orders in the six months
since the provision became law is not unexpected. Control orders were
established to assist the management of exceptional cases. When these
provisions became law, Ministers stated that the purpose was to deal with
the risks posed by a small number of New Zealanders who have engaged
in terrorism-related activities while overseas. The immediate concern were
individuals believed to have been involved with ISIL in Syria and the
possibility that one or more of these individuals may return to New Zealand
and, depending on the circumstances, not be able to be managed by other
means.

Given the purpose of Control Orders and the requirements that need to be
met for an orderto be granted, Police expect that the number of Orders will
be low, and possibly zero, for the foreseeable future. We also expect that if
and when any such control order is applied for. the fact of that application

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to the High Court will become a matter of public record, even if suppression
orders are made regarding details of the case.

Yours sincerely

   
 

tective Superintendent Gregory Nicholls
Zealand Police