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Incorporated Societies Act 2022

Register, regulations, amendments, and other miscellaneous provisions - Register of incorporated societies - Searches of register

239: When search constitutes interference with privacy of individual

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"When searching affects someone's private information"

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If you search the register for personal information, you must follow the rules in sections 237 and 238. If you do not follow these rules, it is considered an interference with someone's privacy under section 69 of the Privacy Act 2020. You can find more information about this in the Privacy Act 2020 on the legislation website https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=LMS23442.

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View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=LMS101132.

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Part 6Register, regulations, amendments, and other miscellaneous provisions
Register of incorporated societies: Searches of register

239When search constitutes interference with privacy of individual

  1. A search of the register for personal information that has not been carried out in accordance with sections 237 and 238 constitutes an action that is an interference with the privacy of an individual under section 69 of the Privacy Act 2020.

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