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1. QG v BE [2024] NZDT 96 (13 February 2024) [pdf, 189 KB]

   ...1. On 14 June 2016 at 11:30pm BE crashed a [vehicle] registration [redacted] into a lamppost. This vehicle was owned by her uncle, QG (who she had just met for the first time that day), and was not warranted or registered. BE held a learner’s licence and was not accompanied by a sober driver who had held a full licence for at least two years. Rather, she was accompanied by her brother AA and her cousin BB (who she had also met for the first time) who were both drunk. I understand they...

2. 2025 NZPSPLA 111 pdf [pdf, 99 KB]

   ...established is Mr Penjueli or GRM guilty of misconduct? If so, what is the appropriate penalty? Has GRM contravened the Act by engaging security guards who did not hold current COAs? [5] Mr James was granted a COA in February 2020 and an individual licence in January 2021. His licence and certificate were suspended on 10 February 2021 and cancelled effective from 22 May 2023. Mr Penjueli accepts Mr James was working for GRM as a security guard at the Garden Hotel and a Wellington...

3. OIA-124619.pdf [pdf, 9.8 MB]

   ...in regulating availability and price of alcohol 22. We understand you are interested in four areas alcohol regulation: • remote sales and delivery of alcohol • prohibition of sales of single alcohol units under a certain price point from off- licences • setting a minimum price for alcohol, and • further regulation of off-licence density and opening hours. 23. The table below briefly outlines these areas and provides initial commentary. 3 The involvement of multiple correlated v...

4. Heng v Yap [2014] NZIACDT 110 (10 October 2014) [pdf, 198 KB]

   ...4 [19] The Act has established a regime in which, with limited exceptions, licensed advisers have an exclusive right to provide immigration advice. That exclusive right is enforced by criminal sanctions. The options [20] In relation to licences the disciplinary sanctions in section 51 allow three options: [20.1] suspension (s 51(1)(c)); or [20.2] cancellation of a full licence and the holder of the licence permitted to apply for a different class of licence. In this way a per...

5. Senadipathi & Xavier v Sampang [2015] NZIACDT 110 (23 December 2015) [pdf, 122 KB]

   ...consumer protection the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007 provides. The Registrar considered Mr Sampang lacked the skills to practise, and if he is to practise, he should complete the necessary training first. Mr Sampang does not currently hold a licence under the Act. [8] Mr Sampang did not make any submissions. Discussion Failure to comply with previous orders and the gravity of this complaint [9] The present position presents a concerning picture from the point of view of co...

6. N v CAC 10058 [2012] NZREADT 18 [pdf, 121 KB]

   ...of X and X Real Estate Limited. The charge is dated 22 March 2011. [2] Ms N and the Complaints Assessment Committee agreed on a Summary of Facts and this is set out below:- 1. Since 17 November 2009, Ms N (the defendant) held an agent’s licence under the Real Estate Agents Act 2008 (Act). Prior to 17 November 2009, the defendant held an agent’s licence under the Real Estate Agents Act 1976. Charge The defendant faces one charge of misconduct contrary to s 73(a) of the Ac...

7. Mr D v REAA [2013] NZREADT 36 [pdf, 56 KB]

   ...and returned later to again take the lingerie out of the drawer and hold it in his hands. [3] On 14 March 2013 we issued a penalty decision under [2013] NZREADT 23. Noting that, in September 2012, the defendant had voluntarily surrendered his licence under s.61 of the Act, which means that his licence was cancelled at about that time, we suspended his licence for six months from 30 September 2012 and fined him $1,500 with costs of $1,000. Relevant Law [4] Counsel referred to our ex...

8. IACDT - An Adviser's Guide to Proceedings [pdf, 441 KB]

   ...requirements when filing documents with the Tribunal. Serving Documents on Other Parties 4 There are specific requirements when serving documents on other parties. STEPS IN A SECTION 55 APPEAL Appeal against Decision to Cancel Licence 6 If the Registrar has cancelled your licence under sections 27 and 28 of the Act, you may appeal to the Tribunal. STEPS IN A COMPLAINT HEARING Statement of Complaint 7 Proceedings are initiated when the Registrar...

9. Wakefield 10 October 2015 NZSHD 10 [pdf, 118 KB]

   ...LICENSING AUTHORITY OF SECONDHAND DEALERS AND PAWNBROKERS DECISION The Application [1] Doris Wakefield (“the applicant”) applied to the Licensing Authority of Secondhand Dealers and Pawnbrokers (“the Authority”) for an Individual Licence (“licence”) under the Secondhand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 2004 (“the Act”) on 15 July 2015. She had previously held a licence between 2007 and 2012. [2] On 11 August 2015 the Authority received an Objection from the Poli...

10. [2020] NZIACDT 32 - BV v Aiolupotea (27 July 2020) [pdf, 207 KB]

    ...the decision of the Tribunal upholding the complaint and will only be briefly summarised here. [6] Mr Aiolupotea was at the material time a licensed immigration adviser. He was a director of Breakthrough Consultancy Limited, of Auckland. His licence expired on 26 January 2019. [7] The complainant and his brother, both nationals of Samoa, travelled to New Zealand in November 2017. They met Mr Aiolupotea a number of times in January 2018 to discuss visitor visas, citizenship...