Wellington, July 31 (ANI): New Zealand border security officials have come under fire for overseeing a body-scanning trial labelled illegal by Green Party MP Keith Locke.he country's Customs authorities recently trialled the equipment - which it admits "does reveal anatomical details" - at Auckland International Airport, and it is now working on a plan to implement the scans.
According to stuff.co.nz, Locke believes the trial was illegal. He cited a provision in the Aviation Crimes Act, and said the government had left itself open to court action.
"The government is breaking the law and that needs to be brought to the public's attention," Locke said.
He added: "I think it is illegal. If they wanted to have a trial, or were thinking about introducing this, they contrary to existing law. Can you even have a trial involving something illegal? It leaves the government open for people to take a court case. Lawyers could probably have a field day."
But a Customs spokesman said the trial was conducted under a section, and using aids, prescribed under the Customs and Excise Act, which allowed officers to use "x-ray or imaging equipment".
He said Customs took into account human rights and privacy laws, but aside from releasing a series of bullet-points on the trial - which ran from March 14 to April 19 - it would not address Locke's allegations. (ANI)
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