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233: Obligations of Labour Inspectors
or “Labour inspectors must follow safety rules, show their ID, and leave a note if no one is there when they visit a workplace.”
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“Labour inspectors and the department must keep information they see private, except for special reasons.”

If you’re a Labour Inspector who looks at or gets a copy of a document under section 229 or 229A, you can’t tell anyone about the information in it. The same rule applies to the department. You can only share this information if it’s for the purposes of an Act listed in section 223(1) or the Immigration Act 2009.

There’s one exception to this rule, which you can find in section 233B.

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or “Labour inspectors and government agencies can share information to help each other do their jobs better.”
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233AObligation of Labour Inspector and department not to disclose information

  1. Neither a Labour Inspector who inspects, or is supplied with a copy of, a document under section 229 or 229A nor the department may disclose to any person any information obtained as a result of the inspection of the document or the supply of the copy, unless the disclosure is for the purposes of an Act specified in section 223(1) or the Immigration Act 2009.

  2. This section applies subject to section 233B.

Notes
  • Section 233A: inserted, on , by section 34 of the Employment Relations Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 9).
  • Section 233A(1): amended, on , by section 18 of the Worker Protection (Migrant and Other Employees) Act 2023 (2023 No 36).
  • Section 233A(1): amended, on , by section 9 of the Regulatory Systems (Workforce) Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 63).