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12/03/12
Your Business: Helping artists to get a fair deal
By Gill South 5:30 AM Monday Mar 12, 2012
Pamela Wright's first job in the theatre as personal assistant to Mercury Theatre director Raymond Hawthorne in 1986 gave her a taste for the arts industry in which she is now becoming an influential player. Wright's job was to contact all the actors for productions, negotiate their rates, hire venues and manage the theatre subscriber groups for the Mercury Theatre.
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15/10/09
Hand held phones in cars
Using a handheld cellphone in a car or truck on a public road from 1 November 2009 onwards will be illegal and a traffic offence for which there will be drivers licence demerit points and a fine. CB Radios are not illegal. Nor are in car GPS navigation aids.
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15/10/09
Unit Titles Act- New Law
The New Unit Titles Act is close to being passed into law. It will substantially revamp the Unit Titles Act 1972. It is likely to come into force in 2010. The new law will have a comprehensive disclosure requirement for vendors to provide specified information to purchasers when selling a unit title. The process for changing the physical dimensions of a unit will also be simplified. We look forward to the new Act overcoming many of the practical shortcomings of the current legislation.
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15/10/09
Changes to Accident Compensation
The Government will make a number of changes in October 2009 to the New Zealand Accident Compensation scheme, which has been running since 1974. The scheme was a world first, no fault, government funded scheme for accident compensation when it came into force in 1974. It resulted in barring legal action for personal injury claims and made the government liable to compensate and rehabilitate persons who suffer an accident. The changes are likely to lead to an increase in the levies paid by motor vehicle owners, self employed persons, employers and employees. As things currently stand the scheme is costing a lot more to run than it collects in levies. The scope of cover appears to be likely to be reduced. In particular free physiotherapy treatment for accident injuries is likely to cease to be available as widely as it is now.
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