Notice Type
Authorities/Other Agencies of State
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

Purposes

Term

Municipal Enforcement Limited

  • To trace persons registered in respect of motor vehicles where the occupants exit a car park (enforcement of which is managed by Municipal Enforcement Limited) without paying for parking, in breach of the parking terms and conditions.
  • To trace persons registered in respect of motor vehicles which, while entering in or exiting a car park (enforcement of which is managed by Municipal Enforcement Limited), cause damage to the car park property.
  • 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 Municipal Enforcement Limited.

The authorisation is valid for a period of five years commencing on 13 April 2015 and ending at midnight on 12 April 2020.

Conditions

  1. The personal information is accessed only by the applicant on its own behalf and solely for its own use;
  2. The personal information is accessed only for the specified purpose(s);
  3. The fees charged for the provision of the personal information from the Motor Vehicle Register are duly paid;
  4. Any identified instances of unauthorised access are immediately notified to the NZ Transport Agency and the Privacy Commissioner;
  5. 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(s), and refresher training also must be undertaken at appropriate intervals;
  6. Access must be restricted solely to members of staff for whom authorised access is essential to achieving a specified purpose;
  7. The personal information obtained under this authorisation shall not be disclosed to any third party unless such disclosure is necessarily incidental to achieving a specified purpose;
  8. In respect of the third specified purpose, 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;
  9. Municipal Enforcement Limited must provide an annual report to the NZ Transport Agency on compliance with these conditions by 1 May in each year beginning with 1 May 2016 (this requirement may be incorporated into the company’s usual audit practices); and
  10. Compliance with the terms and conditions, if any, imposed by the NZ Transport Agency for access to Motor Vehicle Register information.

Dated this 2nd day of April 2015.

MICHAEL PAUL BEEDELL, Manager Adjudications, NZ Transport Agency.