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1. Misuse of Drugs Amendment Bill [pdf, 151 KB]

   ...rights and freedoms affirmed in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (‘the Bill of Rights Act’). 2. We have not yet received a final version of the Bill. This advice has been prepared in relation to the latest version of the Bill (PCO 21797/1.5). We will provide you with further advice if the final version includes amendments that affect the conclusions in this advice. 3. We have concluded that the Bill appears to be consistent with the rights and freedoms affirmed in the Bill of...

2. JC Panel Decision Jurisdiction Redacted [pdf, 436 KB]

   ...through the Select Committee assists in the task of interpreting the Panel’s powers and jurisdiction. [52] The Bill originally provided for a judicial conduct panel to have the power to dismiss a complaint as an alternative to completing a report. Clause 31 of the Bill provided: 31 When Panel may dismiss complaint The Judicial Panel may dismiss a complaint if the Panel is of the opinion that: (a) the complaint should be dismissed on any of the grounds under s 15; or (b) the com...

3. LCRO 100/2021 QT v Righteous Law Ltd (21 June 2022) [pdf, 252 KB]

   ...KG and his team. Another director of the firm, Mr LD, signed the certificate to [Bank A] New Zealand Limited ([Bank A]). Consequently, Ms PS herself is not the person responsible for much of the conduct under consideration in this review. [5] Section 132(1)(a) of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 enables complaints to be made against an incorporated law firm. In the circumstances, I formed the view that the correct party to be subject to Ms QT’s complaint should be Righteou...

4. Gailbraith v CAC 10012 & McNabb [2011] NZREADT 18 [pdf, 138 KB]

   ...centres around both an understanding of the obligations of an agent and an appreciation that the Client Care Rules which came into effect 17 November 2009 clearly identify the standards expected of an agent. These rule provide (inter alia):- (i) Clause 6.1 provides that an agent must comply with their fiduciary obligations to his or her client arising as an agent. (ii) Clause 6.2 provides that an agent must act in good faith and deal fairly with all the parties engaged in the tr...

5. EO and EP v VO LCRO 240 / 2010 (3 August 2011) [pdf, 109 KB]

   ...understood their instruction was to try and increase the offer. [5] ABR‟s procedure for pre-auction offers requires all such offers to be in a specific form that intending purchasers are required to sign when making a pre-auction offer. Clauses 5 and 6 provide that if an offer is received which is acceptable to the vendor, all other registered buyers will then be contacted and informed that an offer acceptable to the purchasers has been received and in the event that other regi...

6. Canterbury Earthquakes Insurance Tribunal Act 2019 [pdf, 521 KB]

   ...May 2019 Commencement see section 2 Contents Page 1 Title 4 2 Commencement 4 Part 1 Purpose, preliminary provisions, eligibility, bringing claims, and case management Subpart 1—Purpose and preliminary provisions 3 Purpose 4 4 Overview of Act 4 5 Definitions 5 6 Transitional, savings, and related provisions 6 7 Act binds the Crown 7 Subpart 2—Eligibility criteria and parties to claim before tribunal 8 Application of Act 7 9 Eligibility criteria to bring claim before tribunal 8 10 Bring...

7. 2021-11-03 ORC - RPW Chapters - clean version [pdf, 8.2 MB]

   Chapter 7 Water Quality 7 Water Quality W A T E R Q U A L I T Y 7-2 Regional Plan: Water for Otago, updated to 1 May 2014 7.1 Introduction The provisions in this chapter are in addition to those in Chapter 5, which seek to maintain or enhance the natural and human use values supported by lakes, and rivers and wetlands; and those included in Chapter 9, which contain policies on groundwater quality. 7.2 Issues in general [Repealed – 1 May 2014] 7.3 Issu

8. Kong v Li [2016] NZIACDT 11 (17 March 2016) [pdf, 73 KB]

   ...following two interim decisions 1 relating to imposing sanctions. As is evident from two interim decisions, and particularly the first of them, the Tribunal found: Provision of immigration advice by unlicensed personnel [1.1] The Code of Conduct 2010 (clause 2.1(b)) required that Mr Li act in accordance with immigration legislation including the Immigration Act 2009. [1.2] He failed to do so in that: [1.2.1] He allowed an unlicensed person to provide immigration advice in the course...

9. [2016] NZSSAA 048 (31 May 2016) [pdf, 23 KB]

   [2016] NZSSAA 048 Reference No. SSA 160/15 IN THE MATTER of the Social Security Act 1964 AND IN THE MATTER of an appeal by XXXX of Wellington against a decision of a Benefits Review Committee BEFORE THE SOCIAL SECURITY APPEAL AUTHORITY Ms M Wallace - Chairperson Mr K Williams - Member HEARING at WELLINGTON on 13 April 2016 APPEARANCES Mr N Ellis for the appellant Mr R Signal for Chief Executive of the Ministry of Social Development DE

10. 20 July 2020 Topic 8 Discharges to Air and Agrichemicals Northland Regional Plan Appeals [pdf, 235 KB]

    ...The New Zealand Refining Company Limited v Northland Regional Council Public and Population Health Unit of the Northland District Health Board v Northland Regional Council Appeal By Submitter On Proposed Policy Statement Or Plan pursuant to Clause 14 of the First Schedule of the Resource Management Act 1991 Appeal By Submitter On Proposed Policy Statement Or Plan pursuant to Clause 14 of the First Schedule of the Resource Management Act 1991 Appeal By Submitter On Proposed...