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
Thompson&Toresen 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. From the date Thompson&Toresen Investigations Limited receives the
final decision on its application to
30 September 2016 inclusive.
Conditions
(a) The names and addresses are accessed only by Daniel Thompson and Daniel Toresen on behalf of Thompson&Toresen Investigations Limited and solely for Thompson&Toresen 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&Toresen Investigations Limited must hold a private investigator licence and Daniel Thompson and Daniel Toresen must 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) Thompson&Toresen Investigations Limited must provide the Secretary for Transport with an annual report providing details of the purpose, the date, and the vehicle registration number of each enquiry made in relation to the Motor Vehicle Register by 1 September in each year beginning with 1 September 2013;
(h) Subject to the conditions above, the terms and conditions, if any, imposed by the NZ Transport Agency for access to Motor Vehicle Register information.
Dated this 3rd day of October 2012.
MARTIN MATTHEWS, Secretary for Transport.