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...A witness or you assisted in the administration of justice. For example: • You reported a crime or gave information to the police in a criminal case that is punishable by imprisonment; and • you suffered material loss or damage to property and you are not in a Witness Protection Programme; or • you are in a close relationship with a witness and you experienced costs or suffered losses as a result of assisting or caring for the witness. Impo...
...unreasonable search and seizure. There are two limbs to the right. First, section 21 is applicable only in respect of those activities that constitute a search or a seizure . Second, where certain actions do constitute a search or seizure, [1] section 21 protects only against those searches or seizures that are unreasonable in the circumstances. 8. In assessing the substantive "reasonableness" of any power of search and seizure, the Ministry is of the view that section 5 of the...
...detention; immunity from legal process; inviolability of papers and documents; communication privileges; and exemption from taxation on the salaries, emoluments and allowances paid to them by the Court). It ensures that each group retains the core protections necessary to ensure that they can perform their functions independently. 10. The corollary is that some privileges (especially, customs privileges) can be regarded as less fundamental and their absence for New Zealand nationals and...
...Zealand law committed overseas". The objective is one of ensuring that such persons do not have impunity with respect to offences committed either in the course of the official operations of the overseas operating force (but subject to the usual protections in this situation) or outside of their official duties. Equally, it is preferable that New Zealand possesses jurisdiction for New Zealand personnel deployed overseas so as to avoid exposure to a judicial or penal system that may b...
...Accordingly, this provision appears to be consistent with section 19 of the Bill of Rights Act. Section 27(2): Right to Judicial Review 6. Section 27(2) of the Bill of Rights Act affirms that every person whose rights, obligations, or interests protected or recognised by law have been affected by a determination of any tribunal or other public authority has the right to apply, in accordance with law, for judicial review of that determination. We have considered whether clause 1...
...Bill of Rights Act provides the right to the observance of the principles of natural justice by any tribunal or any other public authority which has the power to make a determination in respect of that person‘s rights, obligations, or interests protected or recognised by law. 7. One amendment was identified as potentially giving rise to a prima facie issue of inconsistency with section 27(1) of the Bill of Rights Act. The Veterinarians Act 2005 8. The Bill proposes to amend section...
...Statistics Act 1975 are allowed to see data about a particular person, household, business, or organisation, and the results in this report have been confidentialised to protect these groups from identification and to keep their data safe. Careful consideration has been given to the privacy, security, and confidentiality issues associated with using administrative and survey data in the IDI. Further detail can be found in the privacy impact assessment for the IDI available from...
...Family Justice Services and on their journey through the Family Court. While Ka iarahi will not provide legal advice, the service is free and will support whanau by: • Accessing support in the community to help fam ilies reach agreement about the care of their children. • Helping part ies understand the Family Court and support them through their journey. • Supporting community groups that work w ith whanau/families. Recruitment for the Kaiarahi roles began in March 2021 with...
...responder” is important. 8. For the reasons that follow, it is submitted that CDHB/Christchurch Hospital is not properly described as being a ‘first responder’. 9. There is no legal definition of “first responder.” However, in the Protection for First Responders and Prison Officers Bill (defeated on 14 April 2021) “first responder” was defined as: (a) a constable (within the meaning of section 4 of the Policing Act 2008); or (b) an emergency services worker (w...
...occurs, the fee estimate is requested at that time, the estimate can accompany that information. An estimate can also be provided when requested in respect of particular attendances, as occurred in this Review.57 [130] Consistent with the consumer protection purposes of the Act, lawyers must take care in providing estimates.58 [131] As noted above, r 9.4 also requires that lawyers must inform the client “promptly” if it becomes apparent to the lawyer that the estimate is likely...