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Intelligence and Security Act 2017

Accessing information held by other agencies - Direct access to database information

131: Publication of direct access agreements

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"Agreements about sharing secret information are published online so you can see what they say"

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When you want to see the agreements about accessing information, you can find them on the internet. The agreements and any changes to them must be published on a website run by the agency that holds the information and the intelligence and security agency. This helps you know what is in the agreements.

If some information in the agreements is secret, it does not have to be published. This is because the Official Information Act 1982 says that some information can be kept secret. You can still find out some basic information about the agreements.

If an agreement is not published because it is secret, a summary of the agreement must be published on the internet. You can find the summary on a website run by the agency that holds the information and the intelligence and security agency. This summary helps you know what the agreement is about.

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Part 5Accessing information held by other agencies
Direct access to database information

131Publication of direct access agreements

  1. An agreement, and all variations to the agreement, must be published on—

  2. an Internet site maintained by or on behalf of the holder agency; and
    1. an Internet site maintained by or on behalf of the relevant intelligence and security agency.

      1. However, subsection (1) does not apply to—

      2. an agreement or a variation of an agreement that may be withheld on a request under the Official Information Act 1982:
        1. a provision of an agreement or a variation of an agreement that may be withheld on a request under the Official Information Act 1982.

          1. If, in reliance on subsection (2)(a), an agreement or a variation of an agreement is not published, a summary of the agreement or variation of an agreement must be published on—

          2. an Internet site maintained by or on behalf of the holder agency; and
            1. an Internet site maintained by or on behalf of the relevant intelligence and security agency.