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Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Matters of general application and miscellaneous matters - Miscellaneous matters - Disclosure of information

207: Disclosure of information between authorised persons

You could also call this:

"Sharing student loan info between certain people to check if borrowers are truthful"

This law is about sharing information related to student loans. Here's what it means:

You can share information about student loans with certain people, even if there are rules that usually stop you from sharing that information. This is allowed when you need to check if someone who wants a student loan has told the truth about any money they owe. You can only share this information with people who are allowed to know about it.

The law says who these people are. They include:

  • People who work for Inland Revenue and are allowed to share this information
  • Some employees at universities or other places where you study
  • People who work for the government department that deals with social security
  • Some people who work for the Ministry of Education
  • People who manage student loans

These people can share and receive information about student loans to help run the student loan system. They don't have to keep it secret from each other, even if other laws say they should.

The law also mentions that the "specified department" is the government department that looks after social security. This is decided by the Prime Minister.

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Part 5Matters of general application and miscellaneous matters
Miscellaneous matters: Disclosure of information

207Disclosure of information between authorised persons

  1. No obligation as to secrecy or other restriction imposed by an enactment or otherwise on the disclosure of information prevents an authorised person from disclosing to another authorised person any information for the purpose of verifying any declaration made by an applicant for a student loan as to any unpaid amounts owed by the applicant where the declaration is a condition of obtaining the loan.

  2. Repealed

  3. Repealed

  4. No obligation as to secrecy or other restriction imposed by an enactment or otherwise on the disclosure of information prevents the persons specified in paragraphs (a), (c), and (e) of the definition of authorised person in subsection (5) from receiving information disclosed by an authorised person to another authorised person in accordance with subsection (1) for any purpose that relates to the administration of the student loan scheme.

  5. In this section,—

    authorised person means—

    1. the Commissioner or an officer of the Inland Revenue Department who is authorised by the Commissioner to disclose and receive information under this section; or
      1. an employee of a tertiary institution who is authorised by the chief executive to disclose and receive information under this section; or
        1. the chief executive, or an officer of the specified department who is authorised by the chief executive to disclose and receive information under this section; or
          1. the Secretary of Education, or an officer of the Ministry of Education who is authorised by the Secretary of Education to disclose and receive information under this section; or
            1. the loan manager, or an employee of the loan manager who is authorised by the chief executive to disclose and receive information under this section

              specified department means the department that is, with the authority of the Prime Minister, for the time being responsible for the administration of the Social Security Act 2018.

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              • Section 207(1): replaced, on , by section 379(1) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2016–17, Closely Held Companies, and Remedial Matters) Act 2017 (2007 No 14).
              • Section 207(2): repealed, on , by section 379(2) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2016–17, Closely Held Companies, and Remedial Matters) Act 2017 (2007 No 14).
              • Section 207(3): repealed, on , by section 379(2) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2016–17, Closely Held Companies, and Remedial Matters) Act 2017 (2007 No 14).
              • Section 207(4): amended, on , by section 379(3) of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2016–17, Closely Held Companies, and Remedial Matters) Act 2017 (2007 No 14).
              • Section 207(5) specified department: amended, on , by section 459 of the Social Security Act 2018 (2018 No 32).