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Intelligence and Security Act 2017

Accessing information held by other agencies - Access to restricted information

135: Meaning of restricted information

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"What 'restricted information' means: secret information that must be kept confidential"

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When you hear the term restricted information, it means certain types of information that must be kept secret. This includes information that a revenue officer must keep confidential under section 18(1) of the Tax Administration Act 1994. It also includes information about national student numbers assigned by the Secretary of Education under clause 3 of Schedule 24 of the Education and Training Act 2020.

You will also come across restricted information when it relates to an adoption held by the Registrar-General appointed under section 124(1) of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021. Additionally, restricted information includes photographic images used for driver licences that are stored under section 28(5) of the Land Transport Act 1998. All these types of information are considered restricted and must be kept confidential.

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Part 5Accessing information held by other agencies
Access to restricted information

135Meaning of restricted information

  1. In this subpart, restricted information means—

  2. information that a revenue officer must keep confidential under section 18(1) of the Tax Administration Act 1994:
    1. information relating to national student numbers assigned by the Secretary of Education under clause 3 of Schedule 24 of the Education and Training Act 2020 to students enrolled with a tertiary education provider:
      1. information relating to an adoption held by the Registrar-General appointed under section 124(1) of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021:
        1. photographic images used for driver licences that are stored under section 28(5) of the Land Transport Act 1998.

          Notes
          • Section 135(a): replaced, on , by section 366 of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2018–19, Modernising Tax Administration, and Remedial Matters) Act 2019 (2019 No 5).
          • Section 135(b): amended, on , by section 668 of the Education and Training Act 2020 (2020 No 38).
          • Section 135(c): amended, on , by section 147 of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021 (2021 No 57).