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Dutch debt restructuring (schuldsanering, WSNP): the 18-month term under artikel 349a Fw, the rechtbank admission test, and the schone lei at the end.
Dutch debt collection (incasso): the 14-day aanmaning under artikel 6:96 BW and the Besluit BIK staffel, with its EUR 40 minimum and EUR 6,775 cap.
New Zealand's speeding fine bands by how far over the limit you were caught, from $30 up to $630, when a 28-day roadside licence suspension applies, and when speeding becomes a careless or dangerous driving charge.
Using a hand held mobile phone while driving in New Zealand is a $150 fine and 20 demerit points. What counts as driving, the hands free exception, and the 111 emergency call rule.
New Zealand driving law: demerit points, speeding fines, drink-driving limits, and the mobile phone rule, including why camera speeding tickets carry no demerits.
New Zealand's drink driving limit is 250 micrograms of breath alcohol or 50 milligrams of blood alcohol (0.05) for drivers 20 and over, and zero for drivers under 20. The infringement range, refusing a test, and penalties explained.
How New Zealand's demerit points system works: the 100-point, 2-year suspension threshold, the offence-to-points table, why camera-detected speeding tickets carry zero points, and how to check your total.
Dutch neighbour and property disputes: noise, boundaries, overhanging branches, and fences under burenrecht in Boek 5 of the civil code.
How Dutch law fixes a property boundary (erfgrens): artikel 5:46 and 5:47 BW, the Kadaster grensreconstructie and going to the rechtbank.
Overhanging branches under artikel 5:44 BW: demand removal, then cut the overhang after a written aanmaning. Encroaching roots need no warning.
How to deal with a noisy neighbour in the Netherlands: the gemeente and APV, the police, your landlord, and the civil nuisance test of artikel 5:37 BW.
A map of Dutch neighbour law (burenrecht) in Boek 5 of the civil code: nuisance, boundaries, branches, fences, and which court decides a dispute.