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1. Proactive Release - Review of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 [pdf, 2.9 MB]

   ...our daily lives 6. We propose that the next step for a review of the SSA is early engagement with Māori organisations and other communities who are likely to have a high interest in it1. This engagement will be crucial to building the social licence necessary to make changes in this area. If you agree, we will work with the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (which has a lead role in coordinating Royal Commission engagement) on an engagement plan and provide your office...

2. [2015] NZEmpC 200 South Pacific Meats Ltd v NZ Meat Workers & Related Trades Union Inc [pdf, 177 KB]

   ...and interests much be struck in all cases. [49] Section 5 of the Interpretation Act 1999 requires the Court to interpret the relevant statutory provisions in the context in which they arise and purposively. The purpose of the statutory code permitting access to employers’ workplaces by union officials is to achieve both a balance between the legitimate objectives of unions and employers and to provide them with a degree of predictability, especially if these issues are not cove...

3. BORA Customs and Excise Bill [pdf, 231 KB]

   ...Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (‘the ICCPR’), to which New Zealand is a party, confirm that everyone shall be free to leave any country, including their own. 3 However, the ICCPR permits certain restrictions on this right, including where it is necessary to protect national security, public order, or the rights and freedoms of others. 4 22. The Bill, by its nature, regulates individuals’ ability to enter and e...

4. Sisley & Anor v CAC301 & Anor [2015] NZREADT 50 [pdf, 225 KB]

   ...time Ms Hodgson was so engaged, she had been working for another agency as a real estate agent. At material times to the present case, she was a licensed salesperson but we understand is not currently licensed, presumably, because she has let her licence lapse. [24] In addition to her role with J Sisley Realty Ltd, Ms Hodgson was also contracted to PGG Wrightson under an independent contractor agreement to carry out real estate agency work. That document required her to be aware of t...

5. [2021] NZEnvC 146 Ngati Paoa Trust Board v Kennedy Point Boatharbour [pdf, 437 KB]

   ...[2021] NZEnvC 97. 4 The amended application for interim enforcement orders The amended application for interim orders under s 320, 314(1)(a)(i) and (ii), 314(1)(d) and 316, sought to prohibit the consent holder from exercising the coastal permit granted by the Environment Court in 20183 to undertake works on a rock wall within 15 metres of the low-tide line on the rock wall at Kennedy Point Bay, Waiheke, unless and until: 1. The Ngāti Paoa Trust Board (“Trust Board”), a...

6. DJ v Dua [2019] NZIACDT 6 (14 February 2019) [pdf, 216 KB]

   ...After hearing a complaint, the Tribunal may dismiss it, uphold it but take no further action or uphold it and impose one or more sanctions.3 [46] The sanctions that may be imposed by the Tribunal are set out in the Act.4 It may also suspend a licence pending the outcome of a complaint.5 [47] It is the civil standard of proof, the balance of probabilities, that is applicable in professional disciplinary proceedings. However, the quality of the evidence required to meet that standar...

7. McLeod v C Yap [2013] NZIACDT 19 (28 March 2013) [pdf, 177 KB]

   ...which appears to be used by a company named Oceania Development Group (EMEAR) Ltd (“Oceania”). Ms Yap is employed by the company. [9] Mr McLeod wished to lodge an Expression of Interest, and to follow that with an application for a residence permit. He approached Oceania to assist him. Three licensed immigration advisers were engaged with his affairs; Ms Yap, Ms Jessy Mathenge and Ms Rosemary Gregory. [10] Mr McLeod’s initial contact with Oceania occurred on 3 September 2010 th...

8. [2019] NZEnvC 179 Lindis Catchment Group Incorporated v Otago Regional Council [pdf, 4 MB]

   ...MUA I TE KOOTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA Court: Hearing: IN THE MATTER AND BETWEEN AND Decision No. [2019] NZEnvC 179 of the Resource Management Act 1991 of an application under section 87G for a suite of resource consents to replace water permits to take water from the Lindis River that expire in 2021 LINDIS CATCHMENT GROUP INCORPORATED (ENV-2018-CHC-155) Applicant OTAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL Respondent Environment Judge J R Jackson Environment Commissioner KA Edmonds Env...

9. Complaints Assessment Committee (CAC 409) v Ganesh NZREADT 19 [pdf, 327 KB]

   ...borrower and the lender” was what he believed at the time, but after looking into his records, he had not witnessed the loan agreement. [72] Mr Ganesh was shown a copy of an application made by him on 17 November 2014 to revive his salesperson’s licence, which he had previously voluntarily suspended (“the licence application”). He agreed that the handwriting of the words “Suresh Prasad Ganesh” in the “name” section, and “Suresh Ganesh” in the “signature” sec...

10. OIA-115102.pdf [pdf, 3.6 MB]

    ...independently. Approximately 20% of range operators are commercial in nature. 6. Police estimate that approximately 20,000 to 40,000 individuals are affiliated to clubs across the country, representing approximately 8 to 16 percent of the 238,000 firearm licence holders in New Zealand. The regulatory framework provided by the Arms Act 1983 and Arms Regulations 1992 7. The firearms regulatory regime is controlled by the Arms Act 1983 (the Act) and the Arms Regulations 1992 (the Regulat...