Terms of Trade

Central Otago Investigations Limited authorised under section 241 of the Land Transport Act 1998, and the relevant Gazette Notice issued to members of the New Zealand Institute of Private Investigators (NZIPI), to access names and addresses of registered persons held on the Motor Vehicle Register.

The Gazette notice authorising access to this information is: 2022-au5204
The information may be accessed when the information accessed is relevant to a
matter that the Private Investigator is professionally engaged in and for one of the
following authorised purposes:

 Preparing evidence related to criminal offences;

• The detection and investigation of suspected fraud;

• Enforcing Court orders and judgments; and

• When acting as a contracted agent on behalf of government agencies with

• law enforcement functions, to assist in carrying out those functions.

Information accessed from the registry may only be used for and only retained for as
long is required to achieve the specified purpose for which it was obtained.
Any person can notify the Registrar of the Motor Vehicles Register that they do not
wish to have their name(s) and address(es) made available under an authorisation.

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