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1. 20241210 Offshore Renewable Energy Bill [pdf, 204 KB]

   ...developments; b. allow the selection of offshore renewable energy developments that best meet New Zealand’s interests; and, c. manage risks to the Crown and the public from offshore renewable energy developments. 5. The Bill creates two classes of permits, which are granted by the Minister for Energy: a. Feasibility permits, which enable the holder to apply for a resource or marine consent (or both) in the permit area and gives them the exclusive right to apply for a commercia...

2. LCRO 182/2014 DL v SJ, GS and PQ [pdf, 292 KB]

   ...married. [6] In 2005 Mrs Y made a will in Australia in which she left all of her estate to her four children (all adults). At that time, Mr and Mrs Y were living in Australia. [7] In August 2007, the couple returned to New Zealand, and purchased a licence to occupy a unit in a retirement village (the occupation licence). Each contributed to the purchase; Mrs Y contributed slightly less than Mr Y. [8] Mr PQ assisted his mother with the purchase, as she was by this time elderly an...

3. [2020] NZIACDT 20 - QM v Ng (14 May 2020) [pdf, 163 KB]

   ...Conduct 2014 (the Code). [3] Ms Ng largely admits her professional failings. BACKGROUND [4] Ms Ng was at the material time a licensed immigration adviser. She was the sole director of Hope Immigration Service Limited (Hope Immigration). Her licence expired on 15 December 2017. [5] On 12 November 2015, Ms Ng signed an agreement with Mr Gregory Smith of Impact Migration Services Limited (Impact Migration), whereby she became a contractor to that company (the copy agreement sen...

4. CAC 10031 v Lum-On [2012] NZREADT 30 [pdf, 144 KB]

   ...73A of the Real Estate Agents Act. The Tribunal now summarises these charges. Charge 1 (i) A wilful and reckless contravention of s 16 of the Real Estate Agents Act 1976 in that he carried on business of a real estate agent without holding a licence by arranging for the complainants to enter into a “lay-by” agreement to purchase an interest in land, namely the property at 32 Pallant Street, Manurewa. Charge 2 (ii) A wilful and reckless contravention of s 62 of the Real Estate...

5. [2018] NZEnvC 046 Friends of Nelson Haven Tasman Bay Inc v Tasman District Council [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...under clause 25(2)(b) of Schedule 1 to the Resource Management Act 1991 (Act or RMA) and publicly notified in March 2016. [2] PC61 seeks to change the activity status of mussel spat catching and spat holding at Wainui Bay on the sites of coastal permits or marine farming licences that existed on 25 May 1996 from discretionary to controlled, defaulting to a restricted discretionary activity if the thresholds for controlled activity were not met. Following consideration by a Hearing...

6. ORC - Statement of Evidence - Felicity Boyd - 3 September 2021 [pdf, 3.3 MB]

   ...topics, this includes effluent storage and application, intensive winter grazing, stock access to water, and the construction and use of sediment traps. PC8 also strengthens the policy direction for decision-making on applications for discharge permits for both point source and diffuse discharges. 11 Water quality is degraded in some parts of Otago, particularly in terms of bacterial contamination (E.coli) and sediment but also, in some places, nutrient concentrations. For the pas...

7. 2021-10-22 ORC PC7 - [2021] NZEnvC 164 - Interim Decision [pdf, 1 MB]

   ..._______________________________________________________________ INTERIM DECISION OF THE ENVIRONMENT COURT _______________________________________________________________ 2 Table of Contents Section: Page 1. Introduction 4 2. Overview of the decision 6 3. Primary sector 17 4. Deemed permits and rights of priority 47 5. Dams 57 6. Other miscellaneous relief 65 7. The provisions of the plan change 72 8. Hydro-electricity generation 95 9. Territorial Authorities 113 10. Evalu...

8. Trustpower - Supplementary - S Styles - Planning (23 March 2021) [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...Appendix One, my recommended wording for Policy 10A.2.3 (as based on the text supplied by Mr de Pelsemaeker) would be: Irrespective of any other policies in this Plan concerning consent duration, avoid granting resource consents that replace deemed permits, or resource consents that replace water permits to take and/or use surface water (including groundwater considered as surface water 4 I have included community water supply in recognition of the issue raised in other evidence a...

9. Registrar of IAA v Ho [2019] NZIACDT 54 (31 July 2019) [pdf, 154 KB]

   ...Advisers (the Registrar), the head of the Immigration Advisers Authority (the Authority), alleges that Ms Ho has breached the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007 (the Act) and the Licensed Immigration Advisers Code of Conduct 2014 (the Code), by permitting unlicensed people to provide immigration services. Ms Ho denies these breaches of the Code. BACKGROUND [4] Ms Ho was at the relevant time a licensed immigration adviser working as a contractor to Austral Migration Consult...

10. Chand and Kumari v Prakash [2012] NZIACDT 60 (28 September 2012) [pdf, 145 KB]

    ...The Complaint and the Response The complaint [10] Mr Chand engaged Mr Prakash as a licensed immigration adviser. His partner Ms Sant Kumari was also a party to the agreement engaging Mr Prakash. [11] They required assistance to apply for a work permit for Mr Chand. Mr Prakash was engaged under a written agreement dated 5 May 2010. The agreement indicated the total fees and disbursements would be $1,686.25. They paid the full amount in instalments. [12] The application was decline...