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Electricity Industry Act 2010

Electricity industry governance - Monitoring and enforcement - Authority's powers and procedures

47A: Sharing of information and documents with public service agencies, statutory entities, gas industry body, and overseas regulators

You could also call this:

“The Electricity Authority can share info with other groups to help them work together better”

The Electricity Authority can share information and documents with other government agencies, organisations, and overseas regulators. This helps them work together better.

You can share information if it helps other agencies do their job. This includes public service agencies, statutory entities, the gas industry body, and overseas regulators. But you can only share if it doesn’t stop you from doing your own job properly.

When you share information, you need to make sure it’s kept safe and private. This is especially important for personal information.

The Authority can also use information that other agencies give to them. This helps them do their job better.

The law explains what some of the words mean. For example, the ‘gas industry body’ is a group that looks after the gas industry. An ‘overseas regulator’ is a group in another country that does similar work to the Authority.

This law is more important than any other agreements that might say you can’t share information.

You still need to follow the Privacy Act 2020 and any other laws about using or sharing information.

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Part 2 Electricity industry governance
Monitoring and enforcement: Authority's powers and procedures

47ASharing of information and documents with public service agencies, statutory entities, gas industry body, and overseas regulators

  1. The Authority may provide to a public service agency, a statutory entity, the gas industry body, or an overseas regulator any information, or a copy of any document, that the Authority—

  2. holds in relation to the performance or exercise of the Authority’s functions, powers, or duties under this Act or any other legislation; and
    1. considers may assist, as the case may be,—
      1. the public service agency, statutory entity, or gas industry body in the performance or exercise of its functions, powers, or duties under any legislation; or
        1. the overseas regulator in the performance or exercise of the overseas regulator’s functions, powers, or duties under foreign law.

        2. The Authority may provide information, or a copy of a document, under this section only if the Authority is satisfied that—

        3. doing so will not substantially affect the performance of its functions; and
          1. appropriate protections are or will be in place for the purpose of maintaining the confidentiality of anything provided (in particular, information that is personal information within the meaning of the Privacy Act 2020).

            1. The Authority may use any information, or a copy of any document, in the Authority’s performance or exercise of its functions, powers, or duties under any legislation if the information or copy is provided to the Authority—

            2. by a public service agency, a statutory entity, or the gas industry body under any legislation; or
              1. by an overseas regulator.

                1. In this section and section 47B,—

                  gas industry body means the industry body within the meaning of section 43D of the Gas Act 1992

                    overseas regulator means a body in another country that performs functions—

                    1. that are related to the regulation of New Zealand’s electricity markets; or
                      1. that otherwise correspond with, or are similar to, any of those conferred on the Authority

                        public service agency has the meaning given in section 5 of the Public Service Act 2020

                          statutory entity means an entity or office named in Schedule 1 of the Crown Entities Act 2004.

                          1. This section applies despite anything to the contrary in any contract, deed, or document.

                          2. Nothing in this section limits the Privacy Act 2020 or any provision of this Act or any other legislation that allows the Authority to use or disclose information (for example, under section 17 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 for the purpose of performing its functions).

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                          • Section 47A: inserted, on , by section 23 of the Electricity Industry Amendment Act 2022 (2022 No 46).