Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Authorised Access to Certain Names and Addresses Held on the Motor Vehicle Register

Pursuant to section 241 of the Land Transport Act 1998 ("the Act"), I authorise the following person, for the purpose and the term, and on the conditions stated below, to have access to the names and addresses of persons:
- who are currently registered in respect of a motor vehicle(s); and
- who have not instructed the Registrar of Motor Vehicles to withhold their details.
Person Purpose Term
NZ Wheel Clamping Company Limited To send reminder notices to persons registered in respect of motor vehicles where vehicles have been parked in car parks managed by NZ Wheel Clamping Company Limited in breach of the terms of a contract. From the date NZ Wheel Clamping Company Limited receives the final decision on its application to 30 June 2016 inclusive.
Conditions
(a) The names and addresses are accessed only by NZ Wheel Clamping Company Limited on its own behalf and solely for its own use;
(b) The names and addresses are accessed only for the specified purpose;
(c) The fees charged for the provision of the names and addresses from the Motor Vehicle Register are duly paid;
(d) Any identified instances of unauthorised access are immediately notified to the Secretary for Transport and the Privacy Commissioner;
(e) Before being permitted to access the Motor Vehicle Register under section 241 of the Act, all staff must receive training that emphasises that such access must only be for the specified purpose, and refresher training of all staff also must be undertaken at appropriate intervals;
(f) Access must be restricted solely to a centralised location and to members of staff for whom authorised access is essential to achieving the specified purpose;
(g) The names and addresses obtained under this authorisation shall not be disclosed to any third party unless such disclosure is necessarily incidental to achieving the specified purpose;
(h) In the first instance, an unnamed notice of breach must be placed on a vehicle to allow the person in charge of the vehicle a reasonable time to pay a fee or to appeal the imposition of the fee before the register is accessed for name and address details;
(i) Records must be kept of the purpose and occasions whenever names and addresses are accessed from the register, and these records must be sufficient to establish that in each case a reasonable period has been allowed for payment before the register has been accessed for name and address details;
(j) NZ Wheel Clamping Company Limited must provide an annual report to the NZ Transport Agency on compliance with these conditions by 1 July in each year beginning with 1 July 2012 (this requirement may be incorporated into the company’s usual audit practices); and
(k) The terms and conditions, if any, imposed by the NZ Transport Agency for access to Motor Vehicle Register information.
Dated this 14th day of July 2011.
MARTIN MATTHEWS, Secretary for Transport.