Part 6Administrative provisions
Automated electronic systems
142FArrangement for system
The Director-General may arrange for the use of an automated electronic system to do the actions described in subsection (2) that this Act or another enactment allows or requires the persons described in subsection (3) to do.
The actions are—
- exercising a power:
- carrying out a function:
- carrying out a duty:
- making a decision, including making a decision by—
- analysing information that the Director-General holds or has access to about a person, goods, or craft; and
- applying criteria predetermined by the Director-General to the analysis:
- analysing information that the Director-General holds or has access to about a person, goods, or craft; and
- doing an action for the purpose of exercising a power, carrying out a function or duty, or making a decision:
- communicating the exercising of a power, carrying out of a function or duty, or making of a decision.
The persons are—
- the Director-General:
- inspectors:
- chief technical officers:
- authorised persons:
- accredited persons:
- assistants of inspectors or authorised persons.
The Director-General may make an arrangement only if satisfied that—
- the system has the capacity to do the action with reasonable reliability; and
- a process is available under which a person affected by an action done by the system can have the action reviewed by a person described in subsection (3) without undue delay.
A system used in accordance with an arrangement may include components outside New Zealand.
The Director-General must consult the Privacy Commissioner about including in an arrangement actions that involve the collection or use of personal information.
Notes
- Section 142F: inserted, on , by section 59 of the Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012 (2012 No 73).