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1. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - summary record 5th report [pdf, 88 KB]

   ...Concerning question 15, he believed that it was problematic for a government, in such a serious matter as the deprivation of liberty, to contract out the management of prisons to the private sector. It was not clear if New Zealand had allotted enough resources for oversight of the company managing its prisons: scrutinizing its day-to-day operations, the quality of the staff it hired, especially when it came to the highly professional duty of subsequent rehabilitation of prisoners, an a...

2. RIS - Enabling election day enrolment [pdf, 532 KB]

   ...extension means the official count could be released up to seven days later than in previous elections. It is important that public expectations about when the official count will be available be carefully managed. • Increasing election day resourcing As election day is the last opportunity to vote, congestion presents a significant risk of disenfranchising voters. Any person in the queue to vote at 7pm on election night when the voting place doors close is entitled to remai...

3. Regulatory Impact Statement Judicature Modernisation Bill Review of the Judicature Act 1908 Second Paper [pdf, 166 KB]

   ...years between the decision of the High Court being appealed and the determination of the  Court of Appeal.  18. Such  appeals  also  increase  the  costs  of  litigation  more  generally;  which  often  leads  to  unfairness to litigants in having to expend substantial resources to defend meritless appeals.    Regulatory Impact Analysis  19. The  following  options  for  regulating  appeals  from  interlocutory  matters  have  been�...

4. LCRO 152/2016 BL v HJ (11 August 2017) [pdf, 255 KB]

   ...a partner at [Law Firm 1], [Town], acted for them. 2 [3] The agreement for sale and purchase (the agreement), which was signed on 25 May 2007, was not subject to any conditions save for an implied statutory condition under s 225 of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA).1 [4] Mr BL says that he telephoned Mr HJ “sometime in April 2007 – May 25th 2007” to inform Mr HJ that Mr and Mrs BL “were looking at a section in [XXX] subdivision”.2 [5] Mr HJ received Mr...

5. [2021] NZEnvC 191 Kapiti Coast District Council [pdf, 919 KB]

   IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT WELLINGTON I TE KOTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI TE WHANGANUI-A-TARA IN THE lvlA TTER OF BY Decision No. [2021] NZEnvC 191 an application for an order under s 86D of the Resource Management Act 1991 KAPITI COAST DISTRICT COUNCIL (ENV-2021-WLG-000038) Applicant Court: Environment Judge BP Dwyer sitting alone under s 279 of the Act Last case event: Date of Decision: Date of Issue: Application lodged 27 October 2021 8 December 2021 8 December...

6. Justice Sector Outlook March 2016 revised [pdf, 820 KB]

   ...greater Police focus in that area. Legal aid expenditure has increased Legal aid expenditure is higher than in recent years, as forecast. This is due to:  A decrease in the number of cases allocated to the Public Defence Service, resulting from resource constraints.  An increase in the number of applications for legal aid, partly due to an increased Police focus on family violence. Legal aid expenditure is forecast to remain at about the current level, on the assumption of ste...

7. BORA Financial Markets Conduct Bill [pdf, 474 KB]

   ...of expression affirmed in s 14 of the Bill of Rights Act. For that reason, we have considered whether the limits on the freedom of expression can be justified under s 5 of that Act. http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/ArcAggregator/arcView/resource/IE26146201/http:/www.justice.govt.nz/policy/constitutional-law-and-human-rights/human-rights/bill-of-rights/financial-markets-conduct-bill#8-see-cls-84 http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/ArcAggregator/arcView/resource/IE26146201/http:/www.j...

8. [2021] NZSAAA 1 (11 February 2021) [pdf, 282 KB]

   ...Arts and a Diploma in Sport (and this is not an approved conjoint programme) then the education provider must send back a VoS response with two separate lines, one for each programme code". (See https://www.providers.studylink.govt.nz/training--resources/vos-documents/vos- rulesand-processes/vos-responses.html#ContentsofaVoSresponse2.) https://www.providers.studylink.govt.nz/training--resources/vos-documents/vos-rules-and-processes/vos-responses.html#ContentsofaVoSresponse2.) https://...

9. Progression-of-reported-sexual-assaults-through-the-criminal-justice-system-2024.pdf [pdf, 500 KB]

   ...were sexually assaulted. 1 In the New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey, 24% of adults who were 15 and older had experienced sexual assault in their lifetime: https://www.justice.govt.nz/justice-sector-policy/research-data/nzcvs/nzcvs-cycle-6- resources-and-results. https://www.justice.govt.nz/justice-sector-policy/research-data/nzcvs/nzcvs-cycle-6-resources-and-results https://www.justice.govt.nz/justice-sector-policy/research-data/nzcvs/nzcvs-cycle-6-resources-and-results 3 Ter...

10. OIA-110237.pdf [pdf, 3.4 MB]

    ...specific judicial guidance. Judicial expenses and entitlements are primarily managed through the offices and staff that directly support the judiciary. Any guidance that may exist or be used within the judicial 1 www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/resources/request-crown-law-office-legal-advice-given- minister offices or by staff directly supporting the judiciary is judicial information. I am therefore refusing this part of your request under section 18(g) of the OIA, on the grounds th...