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1. Transcript (week 6 Cromwell) [pdf, 2.9 MB]

   ...JUDGE BORTHWICK ........................................................... 1244 CROSS-EXAMINATION: MR MAW .............................................................................................. 1251 EXHIBIT 1 PRODUCED – COPY OF DEEMED PERMIT CONSENT NUMBER 2002.448 IN NAME OF PERMIT HOLDER CARRICK IRRIGATION COMPANY LTD ............................. 1253 RE-EXAMINATION: MR PAGE – NIL ..............................................................................................

2. 2021-03-11 Nga Runanga - opening submissions [pdf, 443 KB]

   ...needs of water bodies have been largely ignored. 7. Water abstraction in Otago is characterised by heavy allocation pressure on some water bodies and by increasing demand. The pressure on water bodies is exacerbated by the continuance of deemed permits that are exempt from regulation until their expiry in October this year. The rights attaching to these permits have become more entrenched over the same period that Ngā Rūnanga have experienced the loss of their economic and spir...

3. Federated Farmers of New Zealand.pdf [pdf, 425 KB]

   .......with low risk of diffuse discharge”. Although that term is not defined, the way it is applied through rules seems to ignore the cumulative impact of many supposedly “low intensity farms”. The policy aims to provide the foundation for permitted activity rules and needs to better target the activities that are genuinely low risk, both individually and Amend Policy 1 as follows: c. Enabling, through permitted activity rules, low intensity farming and horticultural acti...

4. [2020] NZEnvC 211 Panuku Development Auckland Ltd v Auckland Council [pdf, 2.3 MB]

   ...removal to a consented disposal site is not required. 131. Any perched groundwater, or surface water encountered within the excavation area requiring removal shall be considered potentially contaminated, and shall either: (a) be disposed of by a licenced liquid waste contractor; or (b) pumped to sewer, providing the relevant permits are obtained; or (c) discharged to the stormwater system or surface waters provided testing demonstrates compliance with the Australian and New Zealand En...

5. Privacy

   ...personal information sent overseas is protected by comparable privacy standards. The Act also clarifies that when a New Zealand agency engages an overseas service provider, it will have to comply with New Zealand privacy laws. Class actions: The Act permits class actions in the Human Rights Review Tribunal by persons other than the Director of Human Rights Proceedings. New criminal offences: It will be an offence to mislead an agency in a way that affects someone else’s information, and to de...

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6. BORA Electricity (Continuance of Supply) Amendment Bill [pdf, 184 KB]

   ...Act 1992 to remove the expiry date from the existing obligation on electricity distributors to continue to supply line function service to places supplied as at 1 April 1993. This obligation is currently set to expire on 31 March 2013. The Bill also permits distributors to supply electricity by alternative means, provided notice is given to consumers along with the opportunity to comment. In addition, the Bill provides for successors to distributors to take over their supply obligations....

7. BORA Overseas Investment Bill [pdf, 174 KB]

   ...section 5 of the Bill of Rights Act. Compelled expression 8. The Bill contains a number of provisions which require people, particularly applicants or consent-holders, to provide information to the regulator. For instance: • clause 24(3) permits the regulator to require additional information from applicants for the purposes of processing consent applications; • clause 39 permits the regulator to require consent holders to provide information for monitoring their compliance...

8. ARLA PNG 5 [pdf, 95 KB]

   ...replace it, then it is resubmitted to the Authority for further consideration. [4] Section 86(1) of the Act requires the Authority to deal with a resubmitted element as if it were an appeal; and ss.81-85 of the Act apply. Section 86(2) of the Act permits the Authority to deal with all or part of the resubmitted element in private. [5] Sections 205(2)(d) of the Act provides that with the leave of the Authority’s Chairperson, any party who made a submission as part of the special c...

9. Carley (INZ) v Pastushenko [2016] NZIACDT 54 (14 September 2016) [pdf, 64 KB]

   ...professional obligations: [1.1] Ms Pastushenko had a client who remained in New Zealand when his visa expired, and she engaged him to work with a company she controlled. [1.2] The employment was in breach of his obligations, as he did not have a work permit. [1.3] Ms Pastushenko had misunderstood the law and thought the work was lawful. However, she said her motivation was humanitarian and the circumstances arose from her charitable work. She did not exploit her client and did not inte...

10. BORA Disabled Persons Employment Promotion (Repeal and Related Matters) Bill [pdf, 101 KB]

    ...of the Minimum Wage Act 1983 Substituted 13. Clause 11 of the Bill repeals the existing section 8 of the Minimum Wage Act 1983. In its place, it substitutes a new section 8 which provides that a Labour Inspector may issue a minimum wage exemption permit to a worker in those instances where the Inspector is satisfied that; • a worker is significantly and demonstrably impaired by disability from carrying out the requirements of his/her work; and • any reasonable accommodations that...