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Immigration Act 2009

Core provisions and matters in relation to decision making - Automated decision making and biometric information

29: Automated decision making in advance passenger processing

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“Computer system used to decide if you can enter New Zealand before you travel”

The chief executive can make decisions about letting you enter New Zealand using a computer system. This system looks at information about you that the chief executive has or can access. The computer uses rules that the chief executive has set up beforehand to make these decisions. This process is used when checking passengers before they travel to New Zealand. The chief executive can use this system for decisions under section 97(1) or section 97A(1) of the law.

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Part 2 Core provisions and matters in relation to decision making
Automated decision making and biometric information

29Automated decision making in advance passenger processing

  1. The chief executive may make a decision under section 97(1) or 97A(1) by means of an automated electronic system that analyses the information (if any) about a person that is held by the chief executive or to which the chief executive has access using criteria predetermined by the chief executive.

Notes
  • Section 29: amended, on , by section 269 of the Intelligence and Security Act 2017 (2017 No 10).