Posts by Rich of Observationz
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Maybe NZIS should visit and check on these people's immigration status then?
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Speaker: Confessions of an Uber Driver…, in reply to BenWilson,
Are their 'staff' you've come across New Zealanders (on contract, you'd think) or visiting Americans?
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Speaker: Confessions of an Uber Driver…, in reply to BenWilson,
Why are cameras expensive - isn't it just a Go Pro, or do you have to use some kind of approved security camera service?
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So if Thomas is advocating for candidates other than himself, what's the legal position with regard to campaign finance and so on?
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My guess at a summary would be:
- what Uber do is clearly defined in the new law as a 'small transport service facilitator' S55 (7)
- A facilitator must be licenced (30J)
- The 'person in control' of a licensed facilitator must live in NZ 62 (30L 1A)
- The facilitator must keep records of journeys and drivers 70 (30ZD) -
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Speaker: Confessions of an Uber Driver…, in reply to BenWilson,
A way of saying you can't make contracts to break the law?
Exactly. (Well, you can, but the illegal bits aren't enforcable).
But can the NZ banks be ordered not to process payments to specific offshore accounts?
They can be ordered to do anything (almost). Firstly there's regular civil law such as garnishee orders, and then there's the Reserve Bank's powers.
It's a fine point, but I'd argue that when an NZer makes a credit card payment to Uber, their bank holds the funds for the benefit of Uber until they settle with the credit card system. Those funds are a debt of the bank to Uber and can thus be garnished ( a court order diverting funds to a creditor, in this case the NZ government).
Of course, the banks would claim stopping this money is hard. They'd probably have to write some special code that recognises and stops Uber payments - but having to pay your IT contractors money is not a reason for not complying with a court order.
(and presumably they could use the same method US banks use to block some gambling transactions: http://www.reviewjournal.com/business/call-raise-fold-denied-banks-reject-use-plastic-online-gambling-sites)
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It's not a blog
Ok, it's a website containing articles on matters of current interest. (BTW, don't call this a comment. It's an eclectic and erudite pontification. With links.)
Ah gotcha: helpfully collated by the Law Commission.
I'm not sure I agree with the idea that being a Real Journalist and agreeing to take wrist-slaps from the Press Council when delivered should entitle one to inside knowledge of Secret Things (like which AB has run off to join ISIS because the NZRB has got just too namby-pamby liberal. Ooops, maybe I shouldn't post that - the bloke who told me did mention some sort of embargo).
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Speaker: Confessions of an Uber Driver…, in reply to BenWilson,
It's not impossible, it's that they are unwilling.
The government should, I think, be able to injunct them to desist. If they then refuse, then they have the power to block or garnish their credit card payments. Sure, the bank's will whinge at this and maybe claim it puts them in breach of their agreements with Visa/Mastercard - but statute law always trumps a contract, or at least, that's what I've been taught.
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I'd say it's a positive if schools spend their money on salaries for actual teachers instead of trips to Japan or having a former AB coach the rugby team.