Tēnā koe [User 7569 name removed] <[FYI request #17683 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 23 November 2021 8:39 pm
To: Ministerial Services <[email address]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Official Information request - WOF/REGO enforcement during Covid-19 extension

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Dear New Zealand Police,

There is an exemption period in place for Warrant of Fitness (WOF) and vehicle licences (Rego) from 15 September 2021 to 30 November 2021. This is due to the Covid-19 restrictions.

Details can be found on the NZTA website here:

https://www.nzta.govt.nz/about-us/corona...

Over the past 24-hours I have heard from somebody who was pulled over by Police and was about to be issued a ticket for an expired WOF, until he showed the contents of the web address above to the Officer. I have also become aware of a checkpoint specifically targeting WOF/Rego's in Mangere, Auckland.

Under the Official Information Act 1982 I request:

1. Number of infringement notices issued by Police for 'out of date' WOF/Rego during the current exemption period. If possible, please break this down by Auckland v Rest of New Zealand.

2. Number of Police checkpoint's specifically targeting 'out of date' WOF/Rego during the current exemption period. If possible, please break this down by Auckland v Rest of New Zealand.

3. Since I am most perturbed by the imminent issue of an infringement notice to someone, which would have gone ahead had they not produced the NZTA website information above, please provide ALL communications to front line staff about the current exemption and enforcement guidelines during this period.

Yours faithfully,

[User 7569 name removed].

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Tēnā koe [User 7569 name removed]                                       

Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand Police on 23 November 2021.

Ngā mihi,

 

Penni

Penni Davenport | Senior Advisor | Ministerial Services

Strategy & Partnerships |PNHQ

 

 

 

 

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Kia ora [User 7569 name removed] <[FYI request #17683 email]>

Sent: Tuesday, 21 December 2021 8:02 am

To: Ministerial Services <[email address]>

Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: OIA response IR-01-21-34704

 

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Dear Ministerial Services,

 

Thank you for your response.

 

I now have a follow up request for information.

 

I note the following wording in the attached guidance from National Road
Policing Centre to staff on 10 September 2021:

 

"If transport documents expired before 21 July 2021 and have not yet been
renewed, drivers should be encouraged to do so as soon as practicable."

 

I also note from the response that 13,050 infringement notices were issued
during the exemption period 15 September to 30 November 2021.

 

While it is accepted that vehicles with a WOF/Rego expiring before 21 July
did not meet the exemption criteria, it is debatable as to whether 13,050
infringement notices is consistent with the stated intention of ensuring
drivers are "encouraged to do so [renew documents expiring before 21 July
2020] as soon as practicable".

 

Police do typically have a poor record of adhering their own policy
documents. I would now like to request a breakdown of the 13,050
infringement notices by day (15 September to 30 November 2021) so that I
can further analyse the pattern of infringement notice issue and assess
for myself whether or not it was reasonable when compared with the actual
alert level changes that occured throughout this period.

 

I am unsure of the logic for the 21 July cutoff as renewal services were
not readily available during certain Alert Levels, regardless of the date
on which the document originally expired.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

[User 7569 name removed]

 

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Tēnā koe [User 7569 name removed]                                  

Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand Police on 21 December 2021.

Ngā mihi,

 

 

Jeremy Stewart
Ministerial Services |

Strategy & Partnerships |PNHQ

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