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Senior Courts Act 2016

Rules of court and miscellaneous provisions - Access to information

173: Access to court information, judicial information, or Ministry of Justice information

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"Getting information from courts and the Ministry of Justice"

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You can access court information from a senior court as allowed by court rules. You can also access judicial information without worrying about other laws that might stop you. You can access Ministry of Justice information as provided by the Official Information Act 1982, the Privacy Act 2020, or the Public Records Act 2005. You cannot give court information or judicial information to the Government Statistician, except for permitted information. But you can give Ministry of Justice information to the Government Statistician for official statistics or research. Court information, judicial information, and Ministry of Justice information refer to documents and information described in Schedule 2. The Official Information Act 1982, the Privacy Act 2020, and the Public Records Act 2005 help decide how you can access Ministry of Justice information. These laws are available on the Official Information Act 1982, Privacy Act 2020, and Public Records Act 2005 links. You can also look at sections 29, 30, and 32 of the Data and Statistics Act 2022 for more information.

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Part 6Rules of court and miscellaneous provisions
Access to information

173Access to court information, judicial information, or Ministry of Justice information

  1. Any person may have access to court information of a senior court to the extent provided by, and in accordance with, rules of court.

  2. Access to judicial information is not subject to any enactment that applies to the provision of, or access to, any other information.

  3. Any person may have access to any Ministry of Justice information to the extent provided by, and in accordance with, the Official Information Act 1982, the Privacy Act 2020, the Public Records Act 2005, or any other enactment providing for or regulating access to the information.

  4. For the purposes of sections 29, 30, and 32 of the Data and Statistics Act 2022,—

  5. the provision of court information (other than permitted information in accordance with section 174) and judicial information to the Government Statistician is expressly prevented; but
    1. nothing in this Act limits or prevents the provision of Ministry of Justice information to the Government Statistician for the production of official statistics or research.

      1. In this section, court information, judicial information, and Ministry of Justice information mean the documents and information described as such in Schedule 2.

      Notes
      • Section 173(3): amended, on , by section 217 of the Privacy Act 2020 (2020 No 31).
      • Section 173(3A): inserted, on , by section 107(1) of the Data and Statistics Act 2022 (2022 No 39).