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1. [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...

2. Appendices (Abortion Supervisory Committee) [pdf, 2.8 MB]

   ...technical committees 16 Supervisory Committee may co-opt specialist advice 17 Crown may provide services for Supervisory Committee 18 Restrictions on where abortions may be performed 19 Types and effect of licences 20 Applications for licences 21 Grant of licences 22 Issue of licences 23 Duration of licences 24 Renewal of licences 25 Cancellation of licences 26 Appeals on question...

3. Zaheed v REAA Registrar [2013] NZREADT 107 [pdf, 65 KB]

   ...MacDonald, solicitor for the Real Estate Agents Authority Mr S Sharma for Mr Zaheed HEARD at Auckland on 18 November 2013 Introduction [1] Mr Zaheed applied to the Registrar of the Real Estate Agents Authority for a salesperson’s licence. He applied on 9 May 2013. On 31 July 2013 the Real Estate Agents Authority declined Mr Zaheed’s application. The basis on which the application was declined was that pursuant to s 36(2)(c) Mr Zaheed was not a fit and proper person...

4. Henton v REAA, Max House & Barfoot & Thompson Ltd [2013] NZREADT 18 [pdf, 115 KB]

   ...accountability through a disciplinary process that is independent, transparent, and effective. [19] The Act requires any person who carries out “real estate agency work” to be licensed; and makes it an offence to carry out such work without a licence or an exemption from the requirement to have a licence, or to hold out that any person is licensed under the Act or exempt from being licensed under the Act, when they are not. The Act established the Authority to regulate the cond...

5. Pratt v General Distributors Limited [2025] NZHRRT 5 [pdf, 337 KB]

   ...have the effect of treating people differently.4 Mr Pratt emphasised at the hearing that the main focus of his claim is indirect discrimination. [6] The defendant denies any unlawful discrimination. It points to its obligations under its liquor licences and to its obligations under the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 (SSAA). It says that due to those obligations, it could not sell the beer to Mr Pratt. [7] Talking Trouble Aotearoa NZ Limited (Talking Trouble) arranged for C...

6. CAC 20003 v Fourie [2014]NZREADT 71 [pdf, 63 KB]

   ...prohibitions contained in s.37. The licensee submits that none of the statutory prohibitions apply in Mr Fourie's case and, accordingly, that it is necessary to satisfy the test under s.36(1)(c) that the licensee is a fit and proper person to hold a licence, notwithstanding the fact of the conviction. We do not think there is any useful point in addressing s.36 of the Act in this case which involves a simple consideration of s.73, which the prosecution have confined to s.73(d). [...

7. Chand v Devi [2014] NZIACDT 25 (14 March 2014) [pdf, 138 KB]

   ...provided information to support that claim, and it was her client’s choice to proceed on that basis. She says she acted appropriately given the information she held. [5] She claimed the unlicensed person only provided services that did not require a licence. [6] The Tribunal has found the adviser failed to give adequate advice and take proper instructions and that she was party to an unlicensed person providing immigration advice. The complaint [7] The Registrar filed a Statement of...

8. [2021] NZREADT 44 - Lawrence v Registrar of the Real Estate Authority (16 August 2021) [pdf, 275 KB]

   ...[7] Mrs Appleton submitted for the Registrar that s 112 of the Act is not intended to provide a right of review of a s 74(3) determination, and is intended to apply only to Registrar’s determinations relating to licensing, such as declining a licence application or cancelling an existing licence. She acknowledged that on its face, the language in s 112 is open to an interpretation that a Tribunal review is available for any Registrar’s determination. However, she submitted, a p...

9. [2023] NZIACDT 22 - OT v Ramos (27 June 2023) [pdf, 150 KB]

   ...undertake further training at Toi Ohomai. She failed to have sufficient systems in place to ensure the application was lodged on time, as well as failed to produce and maintain updated documentation. [21] It is contended by Mr Foley that the licence of Ms Ramos should be suspended for at least six months. While a severe sanction, it may be used as a last resort. Ms Ramos has acted in a way that is likely to damage the reputation of the profession. The public should be protecte...

10. Mr O v CAC 10028 & Mrs T - Sanitised [2011] NZREADT 2 [pdf, 172 KB]

    ...the regulations. 64 Purpose of register The purpose of the register is― (a) to enable the public to― (i) determine whether a person is a licensed agent, branch manager, or salesperson and, if so, the status and history of that person’s licence; and (ii) choose a suitable agent or salesperson from a list of agents and salespersons; and (iii) know how to contact the agent or salesperson; and (iv) know which licensees have been disciplined within the last 3 years; and (b) to...