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Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017

Levy - Returns, records, and information - Confidentiality

98: Conditions relating to publication or disclosure of information or documents

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"Rules for using information from Fire and Emergency New Zealand"

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You can get information or documents from Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) under certain conditions. FENZ can tell you what you can and can't do with the information or documents. They think about whether they need to protect someone's privacy when deciding what conditions to impose. Conditions might include keeping personal information confidential, as defined in the Privacy Act 2020, or how to store and use the information. If you don't follow the conditions without a good reason, you might commit an offence. You could get a fine or go to prison if you are an individual. If you are not an individual, you could get a fine. FENZ can also tell you how to copy, return, or get rid of documents they give you. You must follow their conditions when using the information or documents they give you under section 97(2)(c), (d), or (e). This helps keep everyone's information safe.

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Part 3Levy
Returns, records, and information: Confidentiality

98Conditions relating to publication or disclosure of information or documents

  1. FENZ may, by written notice to a person to whom any information or document is published or disclosed under section 97(2)(c), (d), or (e), impose any conditions in relation to the publication, disclosure, or use of the information or document by the person.

  2. FENZ must, in considering what conditions to impose, have regard to whether conditions are necessary or desirable in order to protect the privacy of any individual.

  3. Conditions imposed under subsection (1) may include, without limitation, conditions relating to—

  4. maintaining the confidentiality of anything provided (in particular, information that is personal information within the meaning of the Privacy Act 2020):
    1. the storing of, the use of, or access to anything provided:
      1. the copying, returning, or disposing of copies of documents provided.

        1. A person who refuses or fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with any conditions commits an offence and is liable on conviction,—

        2. in the case of an individual, to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 2 months or to a fine not exceeding $25,000, or both:
          1. in any other case, to a fine not exceeding $50,000.

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            • Section 98(3)(a): amended, on , by section 217 of the Privacy Act 2020 (2020 No 31).