On 27 July I requested information from MAF with regards to Jim Boyd a RNZSPA inspector and member of the Royal New Zealand SPCA national council .
I had been told that there were serious allegations against Jim Boyd .
I received the response from Maf re RNZSPCA Jim Boyd
I cannot believe that despite 5 people voicing their concerns and some of them saying they are so appalled they stopped donating and an other felt they could not become an inspector that the SPCA has done nothing.
I have broken the document down into the various parts giving transcriptions of the interviews with regards to the actions of Jim Boyd .
One needs only to read these statements to draw their own conclusions.
this is followed by Jim Boyds explanation through his lawyer Simon Meikle .
May I suggest that any one charged with an animal welfare offence refers to these statements.
It would appear that whilst an inspector can accuse any one of anything and have it stand in court – their accountability to the law is a lot less.
These documents are well worth reading
allegations warranted MAF – inspector ( Jim Boyd ) summary from investigators
transcript past office manager
transcript past warranted inspector
and this is the reply by SPCA inspector Boyds lawyer Simon Meikle
If any one is charged with an offence under the animal welfare act please employ me and I will locate and interview any of these people so that they can give evidence on your behalf so that the standards of animal abuse can be judged against the actions or is that lack of action of some SPCA inspectors .
It would appear that The SPCA did not forward the detailed information, on which Simon based his assessment, to MAF for had they done so it would have been supplied to me as part of this OIA.
Jim Boyd is from the Bay of Islands SPCA he has travelled the country to take charge of action against animal owners.
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