The bill does not create any substantive new criminal offences. By way of example, if a murder or serious assault occurred on a New Zealand ship beyond our territorial sea, the bill would enable New Zealand enforcement officers to stop the ship, board it, search it, arrest and detain subjects, assist the other passengers, secure evidence, return suspects on board to New Zealand for prosecution, and return the vessel to New Zealand so that it can be searched for evidence—everything we would expect to happen if such a crime was committed on land, but under our current law, it is not clear that Aotearoa would be able to respond to such a situation, potentially allowing for further offending to occur, evidence to be destroyed, and the offender to flee.