50 Victoria Street
Private Bag 6995
Wellington 6141
New Zealand
T 64 4 894 5400
F 64 4 894 6100
www.nzta.govt.nz
12 June 2019
John Deer
[FYI request #10483 email]
Ref: OIA-5262
Dear Paul
Thank you for your email of 7 June 2019 requesting under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act)
the submissions received by the NZ Transport Agency as part of our consultation on entry certifier
conflicts of interest.
We have interpreted your request
broadly to include written submissions, minutes of presentations,
and any supplementary information provided to the Transport Agency.
The documents and information that fall within the scope of your request are detailed in the attached
document schedule. The documents that are released are enclosed.
Certain information has been withheld under section 9 of the Act in order to:
• protect the privacy of natural persons;
• protect information where the making available of the information would be likely unreasonably
to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the subject of the
information; and
• protect information which is subject to an obligation of confidence or which any person has
been or could be compelled to provide under the authority of any enactment, where the
making available of the information would be likely to prejudice the supply of similar
information, or information from the same source, and it is in the public interest that such
information should continue to be supplied.
With respect to the information that has been withheld, I do not consider there are any other factors
which would render it desirable, in the public interest, to make the information available.
The release of this information is not an invitation nor an opportunity to make submissions to the
Agency, relating to the entry certifiers’ conflict of interest policy public consultation, that are based on
other parties’ submissions. In other terms, the Agency does not seek “submissions on submissions”.
Under section 28 of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review my decision to
withhold some information and refuse some aspects of your request. The contact details for the
Ombudsman can be located at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
Yours sincerely
Jenny Chetwynd
General Manager – Strategy, Policy and Planning
2
Appendix: Schedule of Information and Documents
Submissions filed in response to the Consultation
No.
Documents and information
Date
Decision (release
/withheld / refused)
1
Submissions, presentations and additional
Various (as
Released with some
information received from the following
indicated on
information withheld (by
submitters:
document)
redaction) in order to:
• protect the privacy of
1
Autohub NZ Ltd
natural persons
(section 9(2)(a) of the
(a)
Act);
Written submissions
• protect information
2
Automotive Technologies Ltd
where the making
available of the
(a)
information would be
Written submissions
likely unreasonably to
prejudice the
(b)
Minutes of oral presentation
commercial position
of the person who
supplied or who is the
3
Magnum Group
subject of the
information (section
(a)
Written submissions
9(2)(b)(ii) of the Act
to); and
4
Nelson Vehicle Testing
• protect information
which is subject to an
(a)
Written submissions
obligation of
confidence, where the
making available of
5
2 Cheap Cars Ltd
the information would
be likely to prejudice
(a)
Written submissions
the supply of similar
information, or
information from the
6
GVI / Mosscar Services Ltd
same source, and it is
in the public interest
(a)
Written submissions
that such information
should continue to be
(b)
supplied (section
Minutes of oral presentation
9(2)(ba)(i) of the Act).
7
Canterbury Vehicle Compliance
Some information has
also been redacted
(a)
Written submissions
because it is out of scope.
3
8
Joe Barnett/ SOC NZ Ltd
(a)
Written submissions
(including cover)
(b)
Minutes of oral presentation
9
Paul Greenwood
(a)
Written submissions
(including cover)
(b)
Minutes of oral presentation
10
VINZ
(a)
Written submissions
(b)
Minutes of oral presentation
(c)
Additional written information
provided at oral presentation
(d)
Supplementary submission
11
Jacana
(a)
Written submissions
(b)
Minutes of oral presentation
(c)
Additional written information
provided at oral presentation
12
Drivesure
(a)
Written submissions
(b)
Minutes of oral presentation
(c)
Additional written information
provided at oral presentation
13
Glenie Legal Limited
(a)
Written submissions
(b)
Minutes of oral presentation
4
14
VTNZ
(a)
Written submissions
(b)
Minutes of oral presentation
15
AA
(a)
Written submissions
(b)
Minutes of oral presentation
16
MTA
(a)
Written submissions
(b)
Minutes of oral presentation
17
MIA
(a)
Written submissions
(b)
Minutes of oral presentation
18
ATJ Japan
(a)
Written submissions
19
VIA
(a)
Written submissions
(b)
Minutes of oral presentation
20
ATNZ
(a)
Written submissions
(b)
Minutes of oral presentation
(c)
PowerPoint presentation
given at oral presentation
5