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1. Ministerial Advisory Group for Victims of Retail Crime - report on Reform of the Trespass Act [pdf, 183 KB]

   ...responsibility for this age cohort is highly restricted to the most serious offences (e.g. murder and aggravated robbery). This means there is no effective legal penalty to prevent children who are trespassed from repeated breaches; and • under the Privacy Act 2020, information Privacy Principal 4(b) outlines a broad requirement that information collected, particularly about children or young people, must not unreasonably intrude on their privacy. Retailers have indicated they are unc...

2. Human rights (domestic)

   Key statutes New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 Human Rights Act 1993 Habeus Corpus Act 2001 Abolition of the Death Penalty Act 1989 Privacy Act 2020 (for more information about this Act and the Privacy system, see civil law) Crimes of Torture Act 1989 Key secondary legislation Human Rights Review Tribunal Regulations 2002 Human Rights Regulations 1993 Privacy Regulations 2020 Information/links to recent or currently underway reviews New Zealand Bill of Rights (Declarations of Inconsistenc...

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3. Transparency and scrutiny of executive action

   Key Statutes Human Rights Act 1993 Independent Police Conduct Authority Act 1988 Privacy Act 2020 Official Information Act 1982 Ombudsmen Act 1975 Judicial Review Procedure Act 2016 Key Secondary Legislation Human Rights Regulations 1993 Human Rights Review Tribunal Regulations 2002 Ombudsmen Rules 1989 Privacy Regulations 2020 Information/links to recent or currently underway reviews Open Government Partnership  New Zealand is a member of the Open Government Partnership, which is an in...

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4. CAC20006 v Mr D [2013] NZREADT 23 [pdf, 85 KB]

   ...profession.” Discussion [10] The prosecution submits that the appropriate penalty for the defendant is one of licence cancellation because he engaged in a serious breach of his duties to his client and, furthermore, a serious invasion of his clients’ privacy. We agree that there was a serious breach of his duties to the vendor and a serious invasion of her privacy. [11] We noted in the case of Revill v Registrar of the Real Estate Agents Authority [2011] NZREADT 41 that the obl...

5. [2014] NZEmpC 44 Fox v Hereworth School Trust Board No3 interlocutory [pdf, 74 KB]

   ...May 2012 which is relevant to the proceeding and is disclosable by ACL to her. [23] The documents at pages 12-13 of the schedule in the name of Mr Abraham and addressed to the Eastern Policing District of the New Zealand Police and the Police Privacy Officer are formally requesting disclosure of information held in relation to an alleged complaint against Mr Abraham by Dr Stephen Fox. The request is made pursuant to the Privacy Act 1993. These documents are not relevant to the p...

6. Waxman v Pal (Costs) [2017] NZHRRT 3 [pdf, 162 KB]

   1 IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [2017] NZHRRT 3 Reference No. HRRT 035/2015 UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT 1993 BETWEEN DEBORAH WAXMAN PLAINTIFF AND JITENDRA PAL DEFENDANT AT AUCKLAND BEFORE: Mr RPG Haines QC, Chairperson Ms LJ Alaeinia, Member Mr BK Neeson JP, Member REPRESENTATION: Dr D Waxman in person Dr J Pal in person DATE OF COSTS HEARING: Heard on the papers DATE OF DECISION ON APPLICATION FO...

7. A v Van Wijk (Access to File) [2019] NZHRRT 12 [pdf, 100 KB]

   ...proceedings without the disclosure of any more information about the private lives of individuals, or matters that are commercially sensitive, than is necessary to satisfy the principle of open justice: (d) the protection of other confidentiality and privacy interests (including those of children and other vulnerable members of the community) and any privilege held by, or available to, any person: (e) the principle of open justice (including the encouragement of fair and accurate re...

8. 2021 NZPSPLA 014.pdf [pdf, 134 KB]

   ...recordings to management in the context of an employment meeting. There is no evidence or even any suggestion that Mr H provided the recordings to anyone else or even advised anyone else they existed. [9] Therefore, while the recording breached the privacy of his manager and other employees it did not breach the privacy of any other members of the public. Mr C states in his submissions that clients’ communications may have been recorded. However, there is no evidence of this....

9. [2024] NZEmpC 246 NHL v The Priory in New Zealand of The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem judgment redacted [pdf, 171 KB]

   ...of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (St John), does not oppose the challenge; it made no substantive submissions and abides the decision of the Court. [6] The Authority accepted that the plaintiff had a right to privacy over certain personal information and made a permanent order prohibiting publication of that information, except with the plaintiff’s express permission.4 [7] Otherwise, on the basis of the evidence before it, the Authority conside...

10. BORA Corrections Administration (Effectiveness and Efficiency) Bill [pdf, 352 KB]

    ...of “time, place and circumstance” of a particular case. [2] Overall, this involves the balancing of values underlying s 21 and a weighing of all the relevant values and public interests involved, and the strength of the individual concerns for privacy against the strength of society’s need to detect and investigate crime. [3] A search or seizure which is unreasonable in terms of s 21 cannot be justified in terms of s 5 of the Bill of Rights Act. [4] 8. Issues in the Bill that may...