Land Transport Amendment Act 2006

1: Title
This Act is the Land Transport Amendment Act 2006.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Principal Act amended
This Act amends the Land Transport Act 1998
4: Persons convicted of specified serious offences prohibited from holding or applying for passenger endorsement
1: The heading to section 29A or applying for
2: Section 29A(1) or apply for
3: Section 29A subsection (3)
3: Despite subsection (1)
a: the person has not, with respect to a conviction for a specified serious offence, been sentenced to imprisonment for a term exceeding 12 months; and
b: the Director is, having regard to the criteria in section 29B(2)(a)
i: be contrary to the public interest; and
ii: pose an undue risk to public safety or security.
4: For the purposes of this section,— imprisonment
a: corrective training; or
b: borstal training; or
c: detention centre training specified serious offence
a: murder; or
b: a sexual crime under Part 7 of the Crimes Act 1961 section 144A or section 144C of that Act
c: an offence against any of the following sections of the Crimes Act 1961
i: section 173
ii: section 174
iii: section 175
iv: section 176
v: section 188
vi: section 189(1)
vii: section 191
viii: section 198
ix: section 199
x: section 200(1)
xi: section 201
xii: section 208
xiii: section 209
xiv: section 210
xv: section 234
xvi: section 235
xvii: section 236
d: an offence committed outside New Zealand that, if committed in New Zealand, would constitute an offence specified in paragraphs (a) to (c)
5: Passenger endorsement may be reinstated in certain cases
1: Section 29B
29B: Passenger endorsement may be reinstated in certain cases
1: A person who has a conviction for a specified serious offence may apply to the Director to have the passenger endorsement reinstated if—
a: the person's passenger endorsement—
i: is deemed to be expired and of no effect under section 29A(2)
ii: expired during the period beginning on 22 June 2005 and ending on the close of 15 January 2006; and
b: the person has not, with respect to a conviction for an offence specified in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) section 29A(4)
2: If an application is made under subsection (1)
a: may reinstate the applicant's passenger endorsement if satisfied that allowing the applicant to hold a passenger endorsement would not—
i: be contrary to the public interest; and
ii: pose an undue risk to public safety or security; and
b: must, when determining whether reinstating the applicant's passenger endorsement would not be contrary to the public interest and would not pose an undue risk to public safety or security, have regard to—
i: the sentence imposed for the applicant's last conviction for a specified serious offence; and
ii: the length of time since the applicant's last conviction for a specified serious offence; and
iii: the nature and circumstances of each specified serious offence for which the applicant has been convicted; and
iv: any other convictions that the applicant has; and
v: the general safety criteria set out in section 30C
vi: any other matters that the Director considers relevant, including (but not limited to) submissions by any affected party.
3: If the Director decides to reinstate the person's passenger endorsement under subsection (2) section 29A(3), section 29A(1)
4: If the Director decides not to reinstate the person's passenger endorsement under subsection (2) section 29A(3)
5: For the purposes of this section,— imprisonment section 29A(4) specified serious offence section 29A(4)
2: For the purposes of section 29B(2)(b)(v) subsection (1) section 30C