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140: Information sharing within agencies
or “Sharing personal information between different parts of the same organisation”
You could also call this:

“Who can make agreements to share information in New Zealand”

You can share information with others through an agreement. This agreement can be between different groups in New Zealand. These groups can be government agencies, private companies, or parts of these agencies or companies. If a group joins the agreement, its name must be included.

Overseas agencies can’t be part of these agreements. This means only New Zealand groups can join.

At least one of the groups in the agreement must be a government department or part of one. It could also be a special organisation or part of one that the government has chosen.

When we talk about ‘government departments’ or ‘special organisations’, we mean specific groups that are defined elsewhere in the law.

Remember, this is just about who can be part of these agreements. It doesn’t say what information you can share or how to do it. Those details would be in other parts of the law.

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or “Agreements can cover groups of agencies, with flexible joining and leaving”
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Part 7 Sharing, accessing, and matching personal information
Information sharing

141Parties to information sharing agreement

  1. Two or more of the following agencies may enter into an information sharing agreement:

  2. a public sector agency:
    1. a New Zealand private sector agency:
      1. a part of a public sector agency:
        1. a part of a New Zealand private sector agency.

          1. An agency of the kind specified in subsection (1) that enters into an information sharing agreement must be named as a party to the agreement.

          2. Subsection (1) is subject to subsections (4) and (5).

          3. An overseas agency may not enter into an information sharing agreement.

          4. At least 1 of the agencies that enters into an information sharing agreement must be—

          5. a public sector agency that is a department; or
            1. part of a public sector agency that is a department; or
              1. a specified organisation; or
                1. part of a specified organisation.

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