In October 2018 the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA)
announced that it was undertaking an extensive review of its 850
open compliance files. This announcement came with the message that
the NZTA would be toughening up its compliance regime and would no
longer be prioritising education over enforcement.
As so often happens, the pendulum has now swung to the opposite
extreme. The NZTA has been taking what, in our view, is an all too
zealous approach to enforcement and has made a number of attempts
to revoke transport service licenses and permits to date.
"Attempt" is the key word here – several of the
examples below demonstrate that when the NZTA go too far, the
Courts have been willing to pull them back to a more reasonable
position.
