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Residential Tenancies Act 1986

The Tenancy Tribunal - Contact information for enforcement purposes

112F: Non-disclosure of contact information

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“Keeping private information secret when enforcing court orders”

If you give contact information to the District Court when they’re trying to enforce a Tribunal order, the court staff and the Registrar must keep it secret. They can only share this information if it’s needed to enforce the order or to deal with any issues that come up when enforcing it.

Nobody is allowed to look at, check, or make copies of court files that have contact information in them. This rule helps to keep your contact details private.

There’s only one way someone can look at these files: a Judge has to say it’s okay. The Judge will only do this if they’re sure that the person asking to see the file already knows the contact information, or if the information in the file is out of date and not used anymore.

These rules are there to protect your privacy when you’re involved in a case at the Tenancy Tribunal.

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Part 3 The Tenancy Tribunal
Contact information for enforcement purposes

112FNon-disclosure of contact information

  1. If contact information has been sent to the Registrar of the District Court in connection with enforcement proceedings relating to a Tribunal order, neither the Registrar nor the court staff may disclose the contact information unless the disclosure is necessary for the purpose of enforcing the order or for determining any proceedings associated with enforcement of the order.

  2. No person may search, inspect, or copy any court file that contains contact information, unless a Judge directs otherwise.

  3. A Judge may make a direction under subsection (2) only if satisfied that the contact information contained on the file is—

  4. already known to the person seeking to search, inspect, or copy the record; or
    1. no longer current.

      Notes
      • Section 112F: inserted, on , by section 75 of the Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 95).
      • Section 112F(1): amended, on , by section 261 of the District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49).