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Building Act 2004

Regulation of building practitioners - Licensing and disciplining of building practitioners - Searches of register

308: When search constitutes interference with privacy of individual

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“Searching someone's personal information without permission can be against the law and invade their privacy.”

If you search the register for personal information without following the rules in sections 305 to 307, you are interfering with someone’s privacy. This kind of interference is against the law. It’s covered by section 69 of the Privacy Act 2020. This means you could get in trouble if you don’t follow the right steps when looking for personal information in the register.

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Part 4 Regulation of building practitioners
Licensing and disciplining of building practitioners: Searches of register

308When search constitutes interference with privacy of individual

  1. A search of the register for personal information that has not been carried out in accordance with sections 305 to 307 constitutes an action that is an interference with the privacy of an individual under section 69 of the Privacy Act 2020.

Notes
  • Section 308: amended, on , by section 217 of the Privacy Act 2020 (2020 No 31).