BORA-Advice-Residential-Tenancies-Amendment-Bill.pdf [pdf, 260 KB]
...for an amount that is greater than two weeks’ rent, or in circumstances other than those permitted by the Bill.5 13. Although infringement offences such as the one the Bill proposes to create do not result in a criminal conviction,6 the Court of Appeal in Henderson v Director of Land Transport New Zealand held that the rights in sections 24 and 25 of the Bill of Rights Act apply to minor offences dealt with under the infringement notice regime.7 14. Strict liability offences such as...