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Accident Compensation Act 2001

Management of injury-related information

290: Information manager can require government agencies to provide injury-related information

You could also call this:

"Information manager can ask government offices for injury details"

The law says that a person called an information manager can ask government agencies to give them information about injuries. This doesn't include Statistics New Zealand. The information manager can only ask for information that is important for managing injury-related information.

When the information manager asks for information, they need to make an agreement with the government agency about how the information will be shared. This agreement helps make sure everyone understands what information is being shared and how it will be used.

The Privacy Act 2020 and other laws about sharing information say that it's okay for government agencies to give this information to the information manager when they are asked. This means the agencies don't need to worry about breaking any rules when they share the information.

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Part 8Management of injury-related information

290Information manager can require government agencies to provide injury-related information

  1. Without limiting section 289(3), an information manager may require a government agency (other than Statistics New Zealand) that holds information relevant to the purpose of this Part to provide the information to the manager.

  2. The manager and the agency must enter into an understanding or arrangement with each other governing the provision of the information.

  3. For the purposes of the Privacy Act 2020 and any other enactment relating to the provision of information, a requirement under subsection (1) is sufficient authority for an agency to provide specified information to a manager.

Notes
  • Section 290(3): amended, on , by section 217 of the Privacy Act 2020 (2020 No 31).