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Intelligence and Security Act 2017

Repeals and amendments - Amendments to Biosecurity Act 1993

244: Section 142I amended (Disclosure of personal information in New Zealand)

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The Director-General can share your personal information with an intelligence and security agency if they think it is necessary for the agency to do its job. This job is outlined in sections 10, 11, 13, or 14 of the Intelligence and Security Act 2017. The Director-General must have good reasons to share this information.

When the Director-General shares your personal information, they are sharing it with other agencies. This is because the law says they can share personal information with other agencies, not just any information.

An intelligence and security agency is an organisation that helps keep New Zealand safe, like the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service or the Government Communications Security Bureau.

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Part 8Repeals and amendments
Amendments to Biosecurity Act 1993

244Section 142I amended (Disclosure of personal information in New Zealand)

  1. After section 142I(1), insert:

  2. The Director-General may disclose the personal information to an intelligence and security agency only if the Director-General believes, on reasonable grounds, that the disclosure of the information is necessary to enable the agency to perform any of its functions under section 10, 11, 13, or 14 of the Intelligence and Security Act 2017.

  3. In section 142I(2), replace information to agencies with personal information to other agencies.

  4. After section 142I(5), insert:

  5. In this section, intelligence and security agency means—

  6. the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service:
    1. the Government Communications Security Bureau.