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Food Act 2014

Miscellaneous provisions - Information and consultation requirements - Collecting, keeping, and disclosing information

370: Disclosing information outside New Zealand: rules

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"Sharing New Zealand's food information with other countries: the rules"

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The chief executive can share information with someone outside New Zealand. You need to know what kind of information can be shared: it includes personal information, as defined in the Privacy Act 2020, and information about a food business. This information about a food business can be confidential or commercially sensitive.

The chief executive can only share this information if certain conditions are met, such as if section 371 or section 373 is satisfied. You should look at these sections to understand when information can be shared. The chief executive must follow these rules when sharing information outside New Zealand.

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Part 5Miscellaneous provisions
Information and consultation requirements: Collecting, keeping, and disclosing information

370Disclosing information outside New Zealand: rules

  1. The chief executive may disclose information to an overseas person under this section.

  2. The information that may be disclosed is—

  3. personal information, as defined in the Privacy Act 2020, that is supplied or obtained under or for the purposes of this Act; and
    1. information about a food business that includes, to avoid doubt, confidential information or commercially sensitive information, or both.

      1. The disclosure may be made only if—

      2. section 371 is satisfied; or
        1. section 373 is satisfied.

          Notes
          • Section 370(2)(a): amended, on , by section 217 of the Privacy Act 2020 (2020 No 31).