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
Sages Holdings Limited To identify registered owners of abandoned motor vehicles. 1 May 2011 to 30 April 2016 inclusive
Conditions
(a) The names and addresses are accessed only by Sages Holdings 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 new 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 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) Access must be necessary for and restricted to the performance by the applicant of its contractual obligations with any local authority or the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) (and not for purposes relating to other companies it may have contracts with);
(i) The authorisation is valid for the term stated above, unless all of the applicant’s contracts with local authorities and the NZTA end before midnight on 30 April 2016, in which case this authorisation will end on the date that the last of those contracts ends; and
(j) Sages Holdings Limited must comply with the Motochek Terms and Conditions, available at
https://motochek.landtransport.govt.nz/mcpro/default.asp?category=mcpro&service=Terms
Dated this 15th day of March 2011.
MARTIN MATTHEWS, Secretary for Transport.