Plain language law

New Zealand law explained for everyone

Privacy Act 2020

Information privacy principles and codes of practice - Information privacy principles

24: Relationships between IPPs and other New Zealand law

You could also call this:

"How New Zealand laws work together to protect your personal information"

Illustration for Privacy Act 2020

If you look at the Information Privacy Principles, you will see that some of them do not limit or affect other New Zealand laws. You can still follow other laws that say personal information must be shared. These laws can also stop or restrict personal information from being shared.

If an agency does something that is allowed by New Zealand law, it does not break certain Information Privacy Principles. You can find more information about this by looking at the Privacy Act 2020 and other related laws, such as the one found at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM297046. This helps you understand how different laws work together to protect your personal information.

This text is automatically generated. It might be out of date or be missing some parts. Find out more about how we do this.

This page was last updated on

View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=LMS23345.

Topics:
Rights and equality > Privacy
Previous

23: Application of IPPs in relation to information held overseas, or

"What happens to New Zealand's privacy rules when information is used overseas because of another country's law"

Next

25: IPPs 1 to 4 do not apply to personal information collected before 1 July 1993, or

"Old personal info isn't covered by some privacy rules if it was collected before 1 July 1993."

Part 3Information privacy principles and codes of practice
Information privacy principles

24Relationships between IPPs and other New Zealand law

  1. Nothing in IPP 6, 11, or 12 limits or affects—

  2. a provision contained in any New Zealand enactment that authorises or requires personal information to be made available; or
    1. a provision contained in any other New Zealand Act that—
      1. imposes a prohibition or restriction in relation to the availability of personal information; or
        1. regulates the manner in which personal information may be obtained or made available.

        2. An action taken by an agency does not breach IPPs 1 to 5, 7 to 10, or 13 if the action is authorised or required by or under New Zealand law.

        Compare