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Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021

Registration of information - Creation of records for security-related purposes - Requests for new identity information

76: Director-General of intelligence and security agency may request new identity information for employee

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"Agency boss can ask for new identity to keep employee safe"

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The Director-General of an intelligence and security agency can ask the Minister to create new identity information for you if you are an employee. This is to protect your identity. The meaning of employee is explained in section 22 of the Intelligence and Security Act 2017. You might need this protection if you work, have worked, or will work for the agency.

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Part 2Registration of information
Creation of records for security-related purposes: Requests for new identity information

76Director-General of intelligence and security agency may request new identity information for employee

  1. The Director-General of an intelligence and security agency may make a written request to the Minister to create new identity information for the purpose of protecting the identity of a person who is, has been, or will be an employee.

  2. In subsection (1), employee has the meaning set out in section 22 of the Intelligence and Security Act 2017.

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