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Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003

Enforcement - Information-gathering powers - Inspection

129: Restriction on disclosure of information from inspection

You could also call this:

"Keeping Inspection Information Private"

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You cannot tell anyone information you got from an inspection, except in certain situations. You can share information if it is allowed by section 128, or if it is for the purposes of the Motor Vehicle Sales Act. You can also share information if it is allowed by the Official Information Act 1982 or the Privacy Act 2020.

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Part 4Enforcement
Information-gathering powers: Inspection

129Restriction on disclosure of information from inspection

  1. A person must not communicate to any person any information acquired in the course of an inspection except—

  2. in accordance with section 128; or
    1. for the purposes of this Act; or
      1. in accordance with the Official Information Act 1982 or the Privacy Act 2020; or
        1. for the purposes of any court proceedings; or
          1. for any purposes that may be specified in any other Act.

            Notes
            • Section 129(c): amended, on , by section 217 of the Privacy Act 2020 (2020 No 31).