Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021

Searches and disclosure of information - Disclosure and sharing of information - Disclosure to public sector agencies

113: Registrar-General may disclose information for law enforcement purposes

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"The Registrar-General can share personal information with certain agencies to help with law enforcement."

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You can get information from the Registrar-General if you are a certain agency. This happens when you think someone has done something wrong or might do something wrong. You can get personal information about this person, like what is recorded in the registry. You can get this information if you think the person is in trouble with the law. This includes things like being arrested or detained. You can also get information if the person is hurt or has died. The Registrar-General can share this information with certain agencies. These agencies include the police and the Department of Corrections. They can get information from the registry and from overseas registration authorities, like what is mentioned in section 114. The agencies that can get this information are listed, and they include the Ministry of Justice and the New Zealand Police. They can get information if they are dealing with things like immigration, as outlined in the Immigration Act 2009.

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112: Registrar-General may disclose information to Schedule 2 agencies under information matching agreement or approved information sharing agreement, or

"The Registrar-General can share personal info with some agencies if it's allowed by an agreement."

114: Registrar-General may share certain personal information with overseas registration authorities, or

"Registrar-General can share personal info with other countries"

Part 4Searches and disclosure of information
Disclosure and sharing of information: Disclosure to public sector agencies

113Registrar-General may disclose information for law enforcement purposes

This section applies if a specified agency has reason to suspect that a particular individual—
is, or is liable to be, detained under an enactment:
is, or is liable to be, arrested under a warrant issued by a court or any Registrar:
is contravening, or is about to contravene, an enactment or a court order:
is liable to be prosecuted for an offence punishable by imprisonment:
is, or is liable to be, detained or arrested in respect of a traffic offence:
is endangering, or is threatening to endanger, the life, health, or safety of a person or group of persons:
is injured or dead.

If this section applies, the Registrar-General may, despite the existence or absence of an approved information sharing agreement, share the following personal information about the particular individual with the specified agency:
personal information recorded in the registry (including restricted information):
personal information received from an overseas registration authority under section 114.

This section does not limit section 112 or 115.
For the purposes of this section, specified agency means any of the following:
the Department of Corrections:
the Department of Internal Affairs:
the part of the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment that administers the Immigration Act 2009:
the Ministry of Justice:
the Ministry of Transport:
the New Zealand Customs Service:
the New Zealand Police:
the New Zealand Transport Agency.

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