Sources
Every rule we rely on — linked
Our analysis, letters and guides are built on published New Zealand law and official guidance — not opinion. Everything we lean on is listed here so you can read the primary source yourself. We keep dated snapshots of the official pages that matter and re-check them automatically every week, so if an agency quietly rewrites a page we still know what it said when we relied on it.
Official guidance we monitor
Snapshotted and checked weekly for changes.
- Police FAQ: How do I dispute my infringement notice · snapshot 2026-07-02
- Police Infringement Services: Dispute · snapshot 2026-07-02
- Summary Proceedings Act 1957, s 21 · snapshot 2026-07-02
- Medsafe: medical defence for drug-driving offences · snapshot 2026-07-02
- Police: Medical defence (how to apply, evidence, disqualifiers) · snapshot 2026-07-03
- NZTA: dispute a safety camera notice · snapshot 2026-07-29
Legislation
- Summary Proceedings Act 1957, s 21 — right to request a court hearingThe statutory right behind every 'request a hearing' step we describe.
- Land Transport (Offences and Penalties) Regulations 1999The fine schedule and demerit points for every offence band we quote.
- Land Transport (Road User) Rule 2004Includes the 50-metre allowance for entering or leaving a special vehicle (bus) lane.
- Land Transport Act 1998, s 64 — medical defenceThe statutory medical defence for the drug-driving infringement offences.
- Oaths and Declarations Act 1957The form our statutory declaration follows for transfer of liability.
- Privacy Act 2020Governs how we handle the personal information in your ticket.
- Official Information Act 1982How we obtain enforcement records — and how your disclosure requests work.
- Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 · Fair Trading Act 1986Your rights as our customer — see our Terms for how they apply.
Released to us under the Official Information Act
- NZ Police infringement dispositions 2021–2025 (ref IR-01-26-24762, 31 July 2026) — response letter (PDF) · full data (XLSX) · what it shows
- NZ Police Speed Detection Equipment Operators Manual — released under the OIA; the source of the three-element tracking history requirement, the multiple-vehicles rule, the doubt-means-no-action rule and the 250 m site restriction we quote in officer-issued speeding disputes.
- NZTA safety camera operational policies — published OIA releases covering enforcement-officer and notice-issuing policy, and the mobile-camera siting rules (no obstructing footpaths, driveways or cycle lanes; not within 250 m of the end of a passing lane; not where the speed limit decreases).
Where disputes actually go
- Police infringement webform
- NZTA safety-camera dispute form
- NZ Law Society Find a Lawyer
- Community Law
- Legal aid
Council appeal channels
- Dunedin (city guide)
- Invercargill (city guide)
- Auckland Transport
- Wellington
- Christchurch
- Whangārei
- Napier
- Nelson
- Palmerston North
Every link on this page is checked automatically each week; a genuine 404 alerts us so a dead official link never sits in one of your letters. (Government sites often block automated checks — we treat only real 404s as broken.)
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