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
Thompson & Clark Investigations Limited - Preparing evidence related to criminal offences.
- The detection and investigation of suspected fraud.
- Enforcing court orders and judgments.
- When acting as a contracted agent on behalf
of Government agencies with law enforcement functions, to assist in carrying out
those functions.
- To identify registered persons of motor
vehicles within Solid Energy New Zealand Limited’s West Coast industrial site that Thompson & Clark Investigations Limited provide security for, where the vehicles are unattended or have not been able to be stopped or, where vehicles are stopped, to confirm
that details supplied are accurate. From the date Thompson & Clark Investigations Limited receives
the final decision on its application
to 28 February 2013 inclusive.
Conditions
(a) The names and addresses are accessed only by Nick Thompson and Gavin Clark on behalf of Thompson & Clark Investigations Limited and solely for Thompson & Clark Investigations Limited’s own use;
(b) The names and addresses are accessed only for a specified purpose;
(c) To access the Motor Vehicle Register, Thompson & Clark Investigations Limited must hold a private investigator licence and Nick Thompson and Gavin Clark must each hold a certificate of approval under the Private Security Personnel and Private Investigators Act 2010;
(d) The fees charged for the provision of the names and addresses from the Motor Vehicle Register are duly paid;
(e) Any identified instances of unauthorised access are immediately notified to the Secretary for Transport and the Privacy Commissioner;
(f) 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;
(g) Before 28 February 2013, Thompson & Clark Investigations Limited must provide the Secretary for Transport with a report providing details of the purpose, the date, and the vehicle registration number of each enquiry made in relation to the Motor Vehicle Register during the term of the authorisation; and
(h) Subject to the conditions contained in this notice, the terms and conditions, if any, imposed by the NZ Transport Agency for access to Motor Vehicle Register information.
Dated this 10th day of April 2012.
MARTIN MATTHEWS, Secretary for Transport.