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151: Confidentiality to be maintained in respect of claimants, refugees, and protected persons
or “Keep details of asylum seekers and protected people private”
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“Government agencies can share information about refugees and asylum seekers”

When a refugee and protection officer or the Tribunal needs help to decide on a claim or look into a matter about a claimant, refugee, or protected person in New Zealand, they can ask for information from other government agencies. The people who work for these agencies are allowed to share information about the claimant, refugee, or protected person with the officer or Tribunal.

When asking for help, the officer or Tribunal must tell the person they’re asking about the rules for keeping information private. These rules are explained in section 151. They must also tell the person not to share certain types of information with anyone else, except in the ways that section 151(1) allows.

It’s important to know that when the officer or Tribunal asks for help like this, they’re not breaking the rules about keeping information private that are set out in section 151.

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Part 5 Refugee and protection status determinations
Miscellaneous matters

152Disclosure of information about claimant, refugee, or protected person by government agencies

  1. An officer or employee of any government agency may, for the purpose of assisting a refugee and protection officer or the Tribunal to determine a claim or investigate a matter involving a claimant or a refugee or a protected person in New Zealand, disclose information about that claimant, refugee, or person to the refugee and protection officer or the Tribunal.

  2. When requesting the assistance, the refugee and protection officer or the Tribunal must—

  3. inform the other officer or employee of the requirements of confidentiality in section 151; and
    1. require that officer or employee not to disclose information of the kind described in section 151(1) to any other agency, body, or person, except as provided for in that section.

      1. To avoid doubt, a refugee and protection officer or the Tribunal does not breach section 151 when requesting the assistance of a person under subsection (1).