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Private Bag 6995
Wellington 6141
New Zealand
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www.nzta.govt.nz
1 November 2022
Lewis T
[FYI request #20409 email]
REF: OIA-10899
Dear Lewis
Request made under the Official Information Act 1982
Thank you for your letter
of 31 August 2022 requesting the following information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
I would like to see all correspondence/information held by the nzta relating to the
implementation of digital drivers licences please.
The documents fal ing within scope of your request are outlined in the document schedule below and
are enclosed.
The personal information of external parties has been withheld under section 9(2)(a) of the Act, this
section allows for the withholding of information in order to protect the privacy of natural persons,
including that of deceased natural persons.
Questions to, and advice from, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency’s inhouse legal team has been
withheld under section 9(2)(h) of the Act in order to maintain legal professional privilege. Free and
frank expressions of opinion have been withheld under section 9(2)(g)(i) of the Act in order to maintain
the effective conduct of public affairs.
Documents 4 and 13-16 are publicly available and have therefore been declined under section 18(d)
of the Act. Further detail on where these can be found is provided in the document schedule below.
Documents 8 and 11 are protected by copyright and have therefore been refused under section
18(c)(i) of the Act as making the information available would be contrary to the provisions of the
Copyright Act 1994. However, the final version pf Document 8 is publicly available online at:
www.iso.org/standard/69084.html. Document 12 has been withheld in ful under section 9(2)(ba)(i) of the Act. This information was
supplied to Waka Kotahi in confidence and making it available would be likely to prejudice the supply
of similar information.
As noted in our acknowledgement email of 31 August 2022, the information requested contains the
names and contact details of Waka Kotahi staff. As we have not received a response to advise
whether the inclusion of this information is required, it has therefore been deemed as being out of
scope.
Under section 28 of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review my decision to refuse
parts of your request and withhold this information. The contact details for the Ombudsman can be
located at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
If you would like to discuss this response with Waka Kotahi, please contact Ministerial Services by
email at [NZTA request email].
Yours sincerely
Chris Rodley
Senior Manager Regulatory Standards and Implementation
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OIA-10899 Document Schedule
Ref Document
Date
Description
1. E mail Correspondence
-
Information withheld under section 9(2)(a),
section 9(2)(g)(i) and section 9(2)(h).
Information not relating to the
implementation of Digital Driver Licences
marked as out of scope.
Waka Kotahi staff names and contact
details marked as out of scope.
2.
06-04-2022 Digital
6 April 2022
Waka Kotahi staff names and contact
Identity Meeting
details marked as out of scope.
3. A 3 Land Transport
-
Information not relating to the
Regulatory Work
implementation of Digital Driver Licences
Programme (Extract)
marked as out of scope.
4. A AMVA Mobile Driver’s
November 2021
Refused under section 18(d).
License Implementation
Guidelines - Nov 2021
Publicly available at:
www.aamva.org/getmedia/c4fe2a21-91ff-
449d-9df3-5a7e33cf3a8e/mDL-
Implementation-Guidelines-1-0_2021.pdf.
5. C opy of Policy Team
20 July 2022
Free and frank expressions of opinion
Questions - Digital
withheld under section 9(2)(g)(i).
Drivers Licence
6. D igital Driver Licence
-
Released in full.
Examples
7. D igital Driver Licence
-
Information withheld under section 9(2)(g)(i)
Option Table
and section 9(2)(h).
Waka Kotahi staff names and contact
details marked as out of scope.
8. D raft International
-
Refused under section 18(d).
Standard ISO/IEC DIS
18013-5
Final version publicly available at:
www.iso.org/standard/69084.html.
9.
Legislative notes for
-
Free and frank expressions of opinion
enabling DDLs
withheld under section 9(2)(g)(i).
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10.
Meeting notes
30 August 2022
Free and frank expressions of opinion
30.08.2022
withheld under section 9(2)(g)(i).
11.
Overseas Driver
February 2022
Refused under section 18(c)(i).
Licensing Policy Review
– Stage 2
12. S RL 6348 - Mobile driver -
Withheld in full under section 9(2)(ba)(i).
licences - developing a
harmonisation roadmap
13. H ow to check the NSW
-
Refused under section 18(d).
Digital Driver Licence
Publicly available at:
www.service.nsw.gov.au/system/files/2021-
03/ddl-qrg-how-to-check.pdf.
14. R oad Transport and
31 May 2018
Refused under section 18(d).
Other Legislation
Amendment (Digital
Driver Licences and
Publicly available at:
Photo Cards) Act 2018
www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/whole/htm
No 21
l/repealed/current/act-2018-021.
15. D igital Licence App -
Refused under section 18(d).
Privacy Impact
Assessment
Publicly available at:
www.publications.qld.gov.au/dataset/343e8
e26-68ea-422f-a90a-
0437961eb374/resource/0deb78d2-ce66-
4ab3-9a28-
76c77360e568/download/dla_privacy_impa
ct_assessment-1.pdf.
16. T ransport and Other
17 March 2020
Refused under section 18(d).
Legislation (Road Safety,
Technology and Other
Matters) Amendment Bil
Publicly available at:
2020
https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/pdf/
bill.first/bill-2018-106.
17. D igital Strategy May
May 2022
Waka Kotahi staff names marked as out of
Update (Extract)
scope.
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