Kia ora,

Thank you for contacting the Official Information Act request mailbox for
the Ministry of Justice. 

We will endeavour to acknowledge your email within 2 working days of your
request.

 

You can find more information about how we can help you at our [1]Official
Information Act Requests page.

Please note that by law, when you ask for official information we have to
respond to your request as soon as reasonably practicable and no later
than 20 working days after we receive it.

 

The Ministry of Justice may publish the response to your request on our
website, you can expect that if your OIA is to be published that this will
take place at least 10 working days after it has been sent you. Your name
and any other personal information will be withheld under Section 9(2)(a)
(protect the privacy of natural persons).

 

Please send any non-OIA related emails through to
o[2][email address] and any complaints through
to [3][email address]

Ngā mihi,

Ministerial Relations and Services

Governance and Assurance

DDI: +64 4 918 8800

Justice Centre I Aitken Street

DX Box SX 10088 I Wellington

[4]www.justice.govt.nz

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Kia ora Andre

Thank you for emailing the Ministry of Justice.

We acknowledge receipt of your request.

This has been forwarded onto the relevant business unit to respond to.

The Ministry of Justice may publish the response to your request on our website, you can expect that if your OIA is to be published that this will take place at least 10 working days after it has been sent you. Your name and any other personal information will be withheld under Section 9(2)(a) (protect the privacy of natural persons).

You can expect a response by 27/03/2023.

Ngā mihi,

Ministerial Relations and Services
Governance and Assurance
Strategy, Governance and Assurance
04 918 8800 | Ministry of Justice | Tāhū o te Ture www.justice.govt.nz

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Kia ora Andre,

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act) to the Ministry of Justice (the Ministry) on 27 February 2023.

 

Under section 15 of the Act, the Ministry is seeking to clarify your
request where you sought:

 

“I hereby request a copy of your debt management policy”

 

Please note there are various areas of debt management, such as legal aid
debt and civil enforcement. There is general information available on the
Ministry website, which includes an overview of our processes for debt
management:

 

o [1]www.justice.govt.nz/fines/about-civil-debt/
o [2]www.justice.govt.nz/fines/legal-aid-debt/

 

You can find further information relating to legal aid debt in the Legal
Aid Services Grants Handbook on pages 146 – 160:
[3]www.justice.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Publications/Grants-handbook-v4.65.pdf.

 

If the above information is not what you were seeking, please respond to
this email and advise what specific area or aspect of debt management
polices you are interested in.  

 

The Ministry would appreciate if you could respond by 8 March 2023 so we
might begin the collating of the information within the scope of your
request.  

 

We look forward to your response.

 

  Ngâ mihi,

Ministerial Relations and Services

Governance and Assurance

DDI: +64 4 918 8800

Justice Centre I Aitken Street

DX Box SX 10088 I Wellington

[4]www.justice.govt.nz

 

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4. http://www.justice.govt.nz/

Kia ora Andre

 

Please find attached a response to your OIA regarding the Ministry of
Justice’s management of debt.

 

Ngâ mihi  

Annie  

   

   

[1]Description: Annie May
http://justice.govt.nz/courts/shared/jus...
Senior
Advisor (Communications)

Ph: 027 291 7573

[2]www.justice.govt.nz

 

 

 

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