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Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017

Levy - Notice of levy shortfall process and adjudication - Other matters

135: Decisions to be made available

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"Seeing Decisions Made by Fire and Emergency New Zealand"

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You can see decisions made by adjudicators on the Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) website. FENZ must remove names and details that identify people from these decisions. This is so people's privacy is protected. When FENZ or someone involved in a decision asks, an adjudicator can stop or limit the publication of a report or decision. The adjudicator can also do this on their own. If you break an order made by an adjudicator without a good reason, you can get in trouble. You might have to pay a fine or even go to prison for a short time. The fine can be up to $25,000 for individuals or $50,000 for others.

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Notice of levy shortfall process and adjudication: Other matters

135Decisions to be made available

  1. FENZ must make decisions made by adjudicators under this subpart available on its Internet site.

  2. Subsection (1) is subject to subsections (3) and (4).

  3. FENZ must remove from each decision it makes available the name of the respondent (or respondents) and any details of the decision that would identify a respondent or any other person.

  4. An adjudicator may, on application by FENZ or a respondent, or on the adjudicator’s own initiative, make an order prohibiting or restricting the publication of—

  5. any report of an adjudication:
    1. a decision or any part of a decision.

      1. A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes an order made under subsection (4) commits an offence and is liable on conviction,—

      2. in the case of an individual, to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 2 months or to a fine not exceeding $25,000, or both:
        1. in any other case, to a fine not exceeding $50,000.