New Zealand Legislation: Regulations
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(1) The applicant must produce the following evidence of the identity of the applicant to be sighted by the licensing agent:
(a) A New Zealand passport that is current or has expired within the 2 years immediately preceding the date of application; or
(b) a New Zealand driver licence that is current or that has expired within the 2 years immediately preceding the date of application; or
(c) A passport issued by or on behalf of the government of a country other than New Zealand that is current or has expired within the 2 years immediately preceding the date of application; or
(d) One of the following certificates issued under the Citizenship Act 1977:
(i) A certificate of New Zealand citizenship:
(ii) A certificate confirming New Zealand citizenship:
(iii) A certificate confirming registration of citizenship by descent; or
(e) a current certificate of identity issued under the Passports Act 1992; or
(f) a current certificate of identity, as defined in section 2(1) of the Immigration Act 1987; or
(g) [Revoked]
(h) a current refugee travel document issued by or on behalf of the Government of New Zealand; or
(i) A New Zealand Police or New Zealand Defence Force photo-identity card issued to non-civilian staff that is current or has expired within the 2 years immediately preceding the date of application; or
(j) A full birth certificate issued in New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Niue, or Tokelau; or
(k) [Revoked]
(l) Any firearms licence containing a photograph that is issued under the Arms Act 1983, and is current or has expired within the 2 years immediately preceding the date of application.
(1A) Despite subclause (1),—
(a) If the Agency considers that the information contained in driver licences, passports, or certificates of birth issued by or on behalf of the government of a country other than New Zealand may not be reliable, the Agency may issue a direction to all licensing agents prohibiting the acceptance of all or any specified class of documents issued by or on behalf of the government of that country as evidence of the identity of the applicant; and
(b) No document to which a direction under paragraph (a) applies may be accepted by a licensing agent as evidence of the identity of the applicant while that direction remains in force.
(2) The applicant must produce the following evidence of the address of the applicant to be sighted by the licensing agent:
(a) An account statement, issued in the 12 months immediately preceding the date of application, from a bank, building society, credit union or credit card issuer; or
(b) A telephone, gas, or electricity account issued in the 6 months immediately preceding the date of application; or
(c) A form of identification issued in the 12 months immediately preceding the date of application that includes the address of the applicant and that is acceptable to the licensing agent as evidence of the applicant's address.
(3) If the name in which an applicant wishes to have the driver licence, endorsement, or driver identification card issued is not the same as the name on the national register of driver licences, or a document specified in subclause (1) or subclause (2), the applicant must produce—
(a) a marriage certificate or a civil union certificate; or
(b) a dissolution of marriage order or a dissolution of civil union order; or
(c) A deed poll of change of name; or
(d) Other comparable evidence of identity that is acceptable to the licensing agent as evidence of the identity of the applicant.
(4) Despite subclauses (1) and (2), if a practical driving test is not commenced at the premises of a licensing agent, the identification documents required under this section must be sighted by either—
(a) the testing officer who conducts the practical driving test; or
(b) a person appointed for the purpose by the Agency.
Subclause (1) was substituted, as from 4 October 1999, by clause 7 Land Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment Rule 1999 (SR 1999/302).
Subclause (1)(b) was substituted, as from 1 June 2006, by clause 7(1) Land Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment Rule 2006 (SR 2006/84).
Subclause (1)(e) and (f) were substituted, as from 1 June 2006, by clause 7(2) Land Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment Rule 2006 (SR 2006/84).
Subclause (1)(g) was revoked, as from 1 June 2006, by clause 7(4) Land Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment Rule 2006 (SR 2006/84).
Subclause (1)(h) was substituted, as from 1 June 2006, by clause 7(3) Land Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment Rule 2006 (SR 2006/84).
Subclause (1)(k) was revoked, as from 1 June 2006, by clause 7(4) Land Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment Rule 2006 (SR 2006/84).
Subclause (1A) was inserted, as from 4 October 1999, by clause 7 Land Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment Rule 1999 (SR 1999/302).
Clause 10(1A)(a): amended, on 1 August 2008, by section 50(2) of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 47).
Subclause (3)(a) and (b) was substituted, as from 26 April 2005, by section 12 Relationships (Statutory References) Act 2005 (2005 No 3).
Subclause (4) was inserted, as from 1 June 2006, by clause 7(5) Land Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment Rule 2006 (SR 2006/84).
Clause 10(4)(b): amended, on 1 August 2008, by section 50(2) of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 47).