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146: Requirements for Order in Council
or “Rules for government orders to share your personal information”
You could also call this:

“Rules for government documents about sharing your personal information”

When the government makes a rule about sharing your personal information, they need to write it down in a special document. This document is called an Order in Council. Here’s what you need to know about it:

The Order in Council has to say when it will start working. This date must be written in the document.

The Order in Council also needs to add some important information to a list called Schedule 2. This information includes:

A description of the public services that the agreement is trying to help. It also needs to describe what kind of personal information can be shared between the agencies involved in the agreement.

The name of the agreement.

The name of the main agency in charge of the agreement.

A website address where you can find a copy of the agreement to read.

All of this information helps you understand how and why your personal information might be shared, and where you can find out more about it.

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Part 7 Sharing, accessing, and matching personal information
Information sharing

147Further provisions about Order in Council

  1. An Order in Council made under section 145(1) must provide that it comes into force on a date specified in the Order in Council.

  2. An Order in Council made under section 145(1) must insert into Schedule 2—

  3. a description of each of the following:
    1. the public service or the public services the provision of which the agreement is intended to facilitate:
      1. the personal information or type of personal information that may be shared between or within the agencies that are party to the agreement; and
      2. the name of the agreement; and
        1. the name of the lead agency for the agreement; and
          1. the Internet site address where a copy of the agreement can be accessed.

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            Notes
            • Section 147(1): amended, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).