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Trade Marks Act 2002

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134ZE: Disclosure of information

You could also call this:

"Sharing information to help catch trade mark criminals"

You can share information with certain people to help investigate and prosecute crimes related to trade marks. The chief executive of the Ministry, the chief executive of New Zealand Customs, and the Commissioner of Police (or people they allow) can ask each other for information to help with this.

If you get information this way, you can only share it with the people mentioned above or use it for legal cases that are happening or might happen soon. These cases must be about the work these people do.

Even if there are rules that say you can't share information, you're still allowed to share it in this way for these reasons.

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Part 4Legal proceedings
Enforcement officers: Miscellaneous

134ZEDisclosure of information

  1. The chief executive (or any employee of the Ministry authorised in that behalf), the chief executive of the New Zealand Customs Service (or any employee of the New Zealand Customs Service authorised in that behalf), and the Commissioner of Police (or any constable authorised in that behalf) may disclose information to each other, on request, for the purpose of investigating and prosecuting offences under this Act.

  2. Information obtained under subsection (1) must not be disclosed except—

  3. to the persons authorised under that subsection; or
    1. for the purpose of any proceedings that have been commenced or that are reasonably in contemplation and that are connected with a matter in relation to which those persons perform their duties.

      1. No obligation as to secrecy or other restriction on the disclosure of information imposed by any enactment or otherwise prevents a disclosure under this section.

      Notes
      • Section 134ZE: inserted, on , by section 18 of the Trade Marks Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 71).