So near yet so far: implications of the Organised Crime and Anti-corruption Legislation Bill

Authors

  • Michael McCaulay
  • Robert Gregory

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v11i3.4545

Keywords:

United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), Organised Crime and Anti-corruption Legislation Bill (OCACL), Crimes Act 1961, OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials, Anti Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act

Abstract

When is a bribe not a bribe? A surprisingly large number of times under current New Zealand law. So many, in fact, that its outdated legislation has regularly been cited as a key reason why, despite its deserved reputation for good governance, New Zealand remains one of very few signatories to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) that has yet to ratify it, alongside Syria, Bhutan, Barbados and Japan. The Organised Crime and Anti-corruption Legislation Bill (OCACL Bill) is explicitly designed to change this state of affairs. 

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Policy Quarterly volume 11 issue 3 2015

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2015-08-01

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Vol. 11 No. 3 (2015): Policy Quarterly

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