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1. [2020] NZIACDT 22 - NJUM v VOLE (2 June 2020) [pdf, 137 KB]

   ...Registrar, provided submissions on 13 March 2020. He notes the Tribunal’s observation that Mr Vole’s dishonesty was serious misconduct. It is submitted that the appropriate sanctions would be: (1) censure; (2) suspension of Mr Vole’s licence until he has completed the LAWS 7015 professional practice course through Toi-Ohomai Institute of Technology; and (3) an order for the payment of a penalty in the vicinity of $7,000. [20] According to Mr Denyer, Mr Vole has not compl...

2. Covid-19 Protocol PSPLA 23 August 21 [pdf, 61 KB]

   Private Security Personnel Licensing Authority COVID 19 Protocol Amended 23 August 2021 1. If Covid restrictions are at Level 3 or Level 4 anywhere in New Zealand the PSPLA will continue to process all application for licences and certificates and deal with complaints in its usual manner, but with the following exceptions: • Licences and certificates and official IDs will be sent to the Authorities office after printing to be posted out to the applicants rather than being sent

3. NZBORA Advice Crown Minerals Amendment Bill [pdf, 273 KB]

   ...approach to the management and allocation of rights to Crown-owned minerals, including increasing discretion as to the timing and frequency of future block offers for allocating petroleum exploration permits in onshore Taranaki; b. improve permit/licence holder and permit applicant engagement with hapū and iwi; and c. clarify decommissioning-related provisions. 6. The proposals are part of the Government’s wider work programme under a 10-year Resource Strategy designed to drive a...

4. AQ v Mudaliar [2015] NZIACDT 93 (16 October 2015) [pdf, 132 KB]

   ...approach was open. However, the Tribunal later upheld another complaint that Mr Mudaliar dishonestly misrepresented his client’s employment to Immigration New Zealand. The Authority then took the view that the Tribunal should cancel Mr Mudaliar’s licence. http://www.justice.govt.nz/ 3 The complainant [5] The complainant did not provide submissions. Mr Mudaliar [6] Mr Mudaliar accepted the Tribunal’s decision in part and contested it in others. He made no specific...

5. IACDT annual report 2023 [pdf, 272 KB]

   ...Zealand as a migration destination, by providing for the regulation of persons who give immigration advice.1 The functions of the Tribunal are:2 (1) to make decisions on complaints about immigration advisers; (2) to decide whether an adviser’s licence should be suspended; (3) to hear appeals against decisions of the Registrar of Immigration Advisers (the Registrar) to cancel the licence of an adviser; and (4) to hear appeals against decisions of the Registrar to reject a complai...

6. IACDT annual report 2024 [pdf, 266 KB]

   ...Zealand as a migration destination, by providing for the regulation of persons who give immigration advice.2 The functions of the Tribunal are:3 (1) to make decisions on complaints about immigration advisers; (2) to decide whether an adviser’s licence should be suspended; (3) to hear appeals against decisions of the Registrar of Immigration Advisers (the Registrar) to cancel the licence of an adviser; and (4) to hear appeals against decisions of the Registrar to reject a complai...

7. CAC 10003 v Kumandan - Penalty Decision [2012] NZREADT 32 [pdf, 91 KB]

   ...performance of real estate agency work. [19] In Patel v Dentists Disciplinary Tribunal11 [14] Cases must also be proportional and reflect other decisions of the Tribunal. The CAC referred to the decision of the Tribunal in Khan where Mrs Khan’s licence was cancelled when she was found to have acted dishonestly on a transaction. The CAC also referred to the decision of Dodd, in which a dishonest agent was suspended. Lang J held that disciplinary proceedings inevitably involve issu...

8. CAC 10044 v He [2011] NZREADT 9 [pdf, 90 KB]

   ...misconduct, it may, if it thinks fit, make 1 or more of the orders specified in subsection (2). (2) The orders are as follows: (a) 1 or more of the orders that can be made by a Committee under section 93: (b) an order cancelling the licence of the licensee and, in the case of a licensee that is a company, also cancelling the licence of any officer of the company: (c) an order suspending the licence of the licensee for a period not exceeding 24 months and, in the...

9. Wang v Fu [2017] NZIACDT 24 (28 November 2017) [pdf, 157 KB]

   ...an order directing that Mr Fu refund all the fees and expenses paid to him by the complainant; [5.2] Mr Fu should receive a monetary penalty of something less than $10,000; and [5.3] there should be an order suspending or cancelling Mr Fu’s licence until he has completed the Professional Practice 7015 course of the Graduate Diploma in New Zealand Immigration Advice. The complainant’s position regarding sanctions [6] The complainant sought to have the advisor’s licence ca...

10. Chand v Shearer [2016] NZIACDT 57 (21 September 2016) [pdf, 279 KB]

    ...also reiterated that the breach of her obligation arose after the sudden death of a family member, and the resulting pressure. Ms Shearer failed to recognise her own fragility at the time. [9] Ms Shearer referred to the renewal process for her licence, and attention the Authority paid to her practice. Discussion Perspective [10] The Tribunal gives considerable weight to the views of the Registrar in respect of the appropriate sanctions. That is particularly so in relation to...