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Intelligence and Security Act 2017

Authorisations

51: Request for assistance to give effect to authorisations

You could also call this:

"Asking for help to carry out a special job given to an intelligence and security agency"

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The Director-General of an intelligence and security agency can ask for help to carry out an authorisation from the New Zealand Police, another organisation, or a person. You need to know that the Director-General must say what help is needed and write it down. The person who helps is controlled by the Director-General and can do the same things as the intelligence and security agency.

When you assist, you have the same protections as an employee of an intelligence and security agency, as stated in section 104 of the Public Service Act 2020 and section 111 of this Act. This means you are treated the same way as someone who works for the agency.

In this context, an organisation can be a company, a group of people, a government department, or a Crown entity, which is an organisation that works for the government.

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Part 4Authorisations

51Request for assistance to give effect to authorisations

  1. The Director-General of an intelligence and security agency may request assistance with giving effect to an authorisation from—

  2. the New Zealand Police; or
    1. any other organisation; or
      1. any person.

        1. A request must—

        2. specify the assistance required; and
          1. be recorded in writing.

            1. A person who assists is subject to the control of the Director-General of the intelligence and security agency and may exercise the same powers as the intelligence and security agency.

            2. A person who assists has the same immunities as an employee of an intelligence and security agency (see section 104 of the Public Service Act 2020 and section 111 of this Act).

            3. In this section, organisation includes a body corporate, an unincorporated body, an association of persons, a department, an interdepartmental venture, and a Crown entity or other instrument of the Crown.

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            Notes
            • Section 51(4): amended, on , by section 135 of the Public Service Act 2020 (2020 No 40).
            • Section 51(5): amended, on , by section 135 of the Public Service Act 2020 (2020 No 40).