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Investigations and prosecutions under Maritime Transport Act 1994

Marie made this Official Information request to Wellington Regional Council

The request was successful.

From: Marie

Dear Wellington Regional Council,

Could you please provide the following:

1. Could you please advise of any investigations and prosecutions by your council under the Maritime Transport Act 1994 in the last 10 years (or timeframe that doesn’t invoke the too must work refusal clause).

2. Your internal procedures/manuals and other documents in relation to whether you investigate and prosecute or Maritime New Zealand does.

3. What is your understanding (any agreements or memorandum of understanding with Maritime New Zealand) on decisions and how those decisions are made as to whether you or Maritime NZ investigate recreational boating incidents.

4. Please provide your standard operating procedures for investigating and prosecuting under the Maritime Transport Act 1994 (or general if not specific).

5. Please provide the criteria used to determine if you investigate an recreation boating incident.

6. Please provide the code of conduct and conflict of interest policy in relation to your investigators. For example, if a victim and complainant in a recreational boat incident is a friend of one of your investigators or officers, and then they called your officer on a weekend, then went your officers house to complain about the incident and told your officer how angry they were about the other people on board, and their treatment etc…(when police and harbour master were already aware of the incident and choose not to act) would your officer then be able to recommend and lead an investigation into the accident including making recommendations to prosecute the people the officers friend was angry at? (This situation did not involve your council, or other councils, but was a situation with an officer from a govt department investigating an incident under the circumstances described). I am not trying to get an opinion, rather demonstrate the angle I am taking regards policies and documents that relate to this and would either allow or disallow that example to happen in your organisation.

Yours faithfully,

Marie

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From: Bryn Masters
Wellington Regional Council

Dear Marie,

 

Acknowledgement of Request for Information under the Local Government
Official Information and Meetings Act 1987

                                          

Thank you for your email dated 11 June 2024, requesting information
regarding Investigations and prosecutions under Maritime Transport Act
1994.

 

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Yours sincerely,

Bryn Masters

 

                             

 

For

Luke Troy

General
Manager                                                                                  

Strategy

Greater Wellington Regional Council

 

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From: Diane Robinson
Wellington Regional Council

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Attachment Response to LGOIMA 2024 121.pdf
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Attachment Attachment 1 Enforcement Procedures Guidelines Manual draft.pdf
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Attachment Attachment 2 Compliance model.pdf
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Attachment Attachment 3 Conflict of Interest Policy Final.pdf
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Attachment Attachment 4 Code of Conduct 2015.pdf
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Tçnâ Koe Marie

 

Please find attached Greater Wellington’s response to your official
information request 2024-121.

Should you require further assistance please direct your email to
[1][Wellington Regional Council request email].

 

Ngâ Mihi

 

 

[2]makaurangi Diane Robinson on behalf of Lian Butcher (she/her)

Kaiâwhina Matua to Group Manager Environment  (Lian Butcher)

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Greater Wellington Te Pane Matua Taiao

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