18705 (2026). Tangi Utikere to the Minister of Transport

Written Question

Published date: 21 May 2026

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	18705 (2026)
Question asked:	06 May 2026
Member asking:	Tangi Utikere
Portfolio:	Minister of Transport
Minister replying:	Hon Chris Bishop
Answer received:	17 May 2026
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_18705_2026
Document guid:	4765bfd7-2b5a-4348-a235-d0ff461bd81f

18705 (2026). Tangi Utikere to the Minister of Transport: Further to Replies 13159 and 17370 (2026), does the Minister consider the occurrence of 12 fraudulent conversions after 1 July 2025, as confirmed in Reply 13159, to be consistent with the assessment that the amendment to the Certificate of Particulars control did not materially narrow its effectiveness; and if so, on what basis?

Hon Chris Bishop: I am advised that all 12 applicants were required to provide a Certificate of Particulars (CoP) under the amended control. They would have also been required to provide a CoP under the previous version of the control. This shows the amended control operated as intended, and that the amendment did not materially narrow its effectiveness.