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
Car Park Enforcement
Limited - To send a reminder notice to the registered person where a motor vehicle has been parked in a car park in breach of the parking terms and conditions, enforcement of which is managed by Car Park Enforcement Limited.
- To trace persons registered in respect of motor vehicles where the occupants, without paying for parking, exit a car park in breach of the parking terms and conditions, enforcement of which is managed by Car Park Enforcement Limited. From the date Car Park Enforcement Limited receives the final decision on its application to 31 August 2016 inclusive.
Conditions
(a) The names and addresses are accessed only by Car Park Enforcement Limited on its own behalf and solely for its own use;
(b) The names and addresses are accessed only for a 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 a 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 a 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 a specified purpose;
(h) In respect of the first specified purpose, 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) In respect of the first specified purpose, records must be kept of the purpose and occasions whenever name and address details 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) Car Park Enforcement Limited must provide an annual report to the NZ Transport Agency on compliance with these conditions by 1 September in each year beginning with 1 September 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 27th day of September 2011.
MARTIN MATTHEWS, Secretary for Transport.