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1. BORA Outer Space and High Altitude Activities Bill [pdf, 202 KB]

   ...Minister responsible for administering the Act (‘the Minister’) to seek and receive any information (including medical reports) as the Minister thinks fit for the purpose of determining whether or not a person is a fit and proper person to hold a licence. Clause 54 allows the Minister to ask the applicant, or holder of any licence or permit, to provide any information that the Minister requires in order to perform functions relating to the licence or permit. 2 The Minister may refuse...

2. [2025] NZIACDT 26 - KA v Wen (26 April 2025) [pdf, 218 KB]

   ...application had been lodged and to make on-going timely updates, in breach of cl 26(b). SUBMISSIONS From the Registrar [10] In her submissions (15 April 2025), Ms Issar of the Registrar’s office notes that Ms Wen transitioned from a provisional licence to a full licence on 3 May 2023. [11] It is submitted that the gravity of the misconduct is moderate due to the total number of breaches as well as the importance of the provisions breached. The failure to have a written agre...

3. [2025] NZIACDT 22 – ZZ v Wen (25 March 2025) [pdf, 214 KB]

   ...briefly summarised here. [5] The complainant, ZZ, is a national of China. Xinru Wendy Wen is a licensed immigration adviser and director of NEO Education and Immigration Services Ltd, of Auckland. At the relevant time, she held a provisional licence. She now holds a full licence. [6] On 21 February 2023, Ms Wen was contacted by an unknown and unlicensed person (the agent) seeking a work visa on behalf of the complainant. There followed an exchange of texts and documents betw...

4. Khalifeh and Manukau Scrap Metal and Cars Ltd 28 May 2014 NZSHD 8 [pdf, 22 KB]

   ...a Certificate of Approval by SABA KHALIFEH of Auckland AND IN THE MATTER of an application for a Company Licence by MANUKAU SCRAP METAL AND CARS LIMITED of Auckland BEFORE THE AUTHORITY OF SECONDHAND DEALERS AND PAWNBROKERS DECISION Introduction [1] On 23 May 2014 Mr Saba Khalifeh (“the applicant”) of Auckland applied to...

5. [2019] NZEmpC 190 Maddigan v Director-General of Conservation [pdf, 304 KB]

   ...departmental vehicle or personal vehicle used for work purposes to report driving infringements to a manager at “the earliest opportunity”. Mr Maddigan did not advise a manager about either of these incidents at the time they occurred. His licence was subsequently suspended on the basis of accumulated demerit points on 1 September 2016. The Department’s policy requires employees to advise their manager or supervisor “immediately” if their driver’s licence has been susp...

6. Jia v Wang [2011] NZIACDT 30 (19 September 2011) [pdf, 106 KB]

   ...purpose of the Act is set out in section 3, and it includes promoting and protecting the interests of consumers receiving immigration advice. [34] A licensed immigration adviser must take responsibility for the practice operated in reliance on their licence. The complaint is upheld [35] The Adviser claims in effect she was a victim of a dishonest pretence which excluded her from knowledge of what was occurring. If a licensed immigration adviser has taken reasonable steps to ensure a p...

7. Evidence Brief: Alcohol Ignition Interlocks [pdf, 324 KB]

   ...continues after the devices are removed. • An alcohol interlock programme is currently delivered by the New Zealand Transport Agency. The programme requires the use of an interlock for a period of time before a disqualified drink driver’s licence is reinstated. The Department of Corrections provides funding for interlocks for certain offenders. • Low uptake and high cost of installation are the main limitations on the effectiveness of interlocks. Uptake is reduced by...

8. Drug and Substance Checking Legislation Bill (No 2) [pdf, 140 KB]

   ...issue licences for drug and substance checking service providers to perform specified functions; • require the Ministry of Health to publish a list of drug and substance checking service providers; and • introduce offences for non-licenced persons to provide drug and substance checking and for licenced providers to breach the terms or conditions of their licence. 6. The Bill specifies the functions of drug and substance checking service providers as being: i. to...

9. CAC v Hughes and Hape, CAC v Hughes and Lal [2016] NZREADT 57 [pdf, 336 KB]

   ...also not received a commission. [21] The Tribunal comment that these are appropriate practical first steps for the parties concerned to have taken. Mr Hughes [22] Mr Hughes has stopped working as a real estate agent. He has surrendered his licence. His conduct is the most serious of all of the agents before the Tribunal. Mr Hughes did not contest the submissions of the Real Estate Agents Authority that his licence should have been cancelled if he had not already surrendered it....

10. [2021] NZIACDT 10 - YC v Wan (19 May 2021) [pdf, 238 KB]

    ...licensed immigration adviser, is a director of PJ Education & Immigration Services Ltd (the consultancy), of Auckland. His consultancy employs Ms Han, then a provisionally licensed adviser, whom he supervised. Ms Han has since obtained a full licence. [5] The complainant is a national of China. She has been in New Zealand since 2014, initially on student visas and later work visas. [6] In early June 2019, the complainant contacted Ms Han as she wished to apply for an es...