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Local Government Act 2002

Powers of Minister to act in relation to local authorities - General provisions applying to Ministerial powers conferred under subpart 1

258Z: Disclosure of information held by local authority

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“Sharing information from local councils with the government”

For this part of the law, you can share information that a local authority has with the Minister or a Ministerial body. You can do this even if other laws like the Official Information Act 1982, the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, or the Privacy Act 2020 say you can’t.

But be careful! The Minister, the Ministerial body, or someone the Minister chose can’t share that information with anyone else unless those laws say it’s okay.

When we talk about the Minister in this part, we’re also talking about the people who work for the Minister and the Cabinet.

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Part 10 Powers of Minister to act in relation to local authorities
General provisions applying to Ministerial powers conferred under subpart 1

258ZDisclosure of information held by local authority

  1. For the purposes of this Part, information held by a local authority may be disclosed to the Minister or a Ministerial body despite anything to the contrary in the Official Information Act 1982, the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, or the Privacy Act 2020.

  2. However, the Minister, the Ministerial body, or a Ministerial appointee must not publish or disclose that information to any other person except in accordance with those Acts.

  3. In this section, Minister includes the Minister's officials and Cabinet.

Notes
  • Section 258Z: inserted, on , by section 31 of the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 93).
  • Section 258Z(1): amended, on , by section 217 of the Privacy Act 2020 (2020 No 31).