27 MARCH 2014 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 33

(i) NELT is a not-for-profit organisation that accepts deposits from the public to enable it to perform social lending by providing safe credit to low income people for a range of small businesses.

(ii) NELT limits its lending to individuals and businesses it considers both socially and environmentally responsible.

(iii) NELT offers defined and limited services to specific customers with robust internal processes that confirm the identity of the applicants and the purpose for which loans provided will be used.

(iv) trustees make the final decision on all lending applications and retain control of the use of funds of the organisation for lending purposes.

(v) NELT meets the criteria of a "lower risk" financial inclusion institution under Financial Action Task Force guidelines, to be granted a partial exemption allowing it to apply simplified AML/CFT measures.

(b) The obligations imposed on NELT would be disproportionate given the low risk of money laundering or terrorist financing in the circumstances outlined in this exemption.

3. This exemption is subject to the following condition:

(a) If the business activities of Snap-on and Snap-on NZ change in a material way, in that it is required to carry out further activities which fall within the ambit of the AML/CFT Act, Snap-on and Snap-on NZ are required to notify the Ministry of Justice and the Department of Internal Affairs and undertake to work with those bodies to agree how to manage any risks.

4. This exemption comes into force on the day after the date I grant this exemption.

5. This exemption will expire on 30 June 2018.

Ministerial Exemption: Snap-on Tools (Australia) Pty. Limited and Snap-on Tools (New Zealand) Limited

1. As the Minister of Justice, and pursuant to section 157 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 ("Act"), I exempt Snap-on Tools (Australia) Pty. Limited ("Snap-on") and Snap-on Tools (New Zealand) Limited ("Snap-on NZ") from all of the provisions of the Act, except for subpart 2 of Part 2 (suspicious transaction reporting) and section 49(1) and (2)(a)–(f), where the transaction is relevant to the suspicious transaction report.

2. This partial exemption has been made for the following reasons:

(a) There is a low risk of money laundering and terrorist financing through Snap-on and Snap-on NZ as:

(i) the core business of Snap-on and Snap-on NZ is selling Snap-on products. Snap-on and Snap-on NZ provide credit to their franchisees and their franchisees’ customers, but this is incidental to the core business, in order to facilitate the sale of Snap-on products.

(ii) Snap-on currently has monitoring mechanisms in place to mitigate the risk of money laundering, which are able to identify and report on large cash transactions. The partial exemption will leverage these existing mechanisms to mitigate risks.

(b) The obligations imposed on Snap-on and Snap-on NZ would be disproportionate given the low risk of money laundering or terrorist financing in the circumstances outlined in this exemption.

(c) The application of the Act to Snap-on and Snap-on NZ is a technical anomaly that results from Snap-on and Snap-on NZ’s unique corporate structure. But for this structure, the provision of credit by Snap-on and Snap-on NZ would fit squarely within an existing exemption for consumer credit under section 13 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (Exemptions) Regulations 2011.

3. This exemption is subject to the following condition:

(a) If the business activities of Snap-on and Snap-on NZ change in a material way, in that it is required to carry out further activities which fall within the ambit of the AML/CFT Act, Snap-on and Snap-on NZ are required to notify the Ministry of Justice and the Department of Internal Affairs and Justice and to work with those bodies to agree how to manage any risks.

4. This exemption comes into force on the date I grant this exemption.

5. This exemption will expire on 30 June 2018.

Any person wishing to provide comment on these notices should contact the Criminal Law Team at the Ministry of Justice by emailing international.crime@justice.govt.nz

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Care of Children Act 2004
Care of Children (Counselling)
Regulations 2013

Approval of Counselling Organisation

Pursuant to Regulation 4 of the Care of Children (Counselling) Regulations 2013 and section 46H of the Care of Children Act 2004, the Secretary for Justice approves the following organisation as a counselling organisation:

Relationships Aotearoa.

Dated this 14th day of March 2014.

TONY FISHER, General Manager District Courts (acting as delegate of the Secretary for Justice).

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District Courts Act 1947

Acting District Court Judge Appointed

Pursuant to section 10A of the District Courts Act 1947, His Excellency the Governor-General of New Zealand has been pleased to appoint

Thomas John Broadmore, retiring District Court Judge

to be an acting District Court Judge, to exercise civil and criminal jurisdiction in New Zealand, and to exercise the criminal jurisdiction of the District Courts, under section 354(3) of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011, at such place or places and for such period or periods only as the Chief District Court Judge may fix, pursuant to section 10A of the District Courts Act 1947, for a term commencing on 1 August 2014 and expiring on 31 October 2014.

Dated at Wellington this 19th day of March 2014.

HON CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON, QC, Attorney-General.

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Legal Services Act 2011

Establishment of the Family Legal Advice Service as a Specified Legal Service

Pursuant to section 68(2)(b) of the Legal Services Act 2011, the Secretary for Justice gives notice that the Family Legal Advice Service will commence from 31 March 2014.