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Privacy Act 2020

Sharing, accessing, and matching personal information - Information sharing

155: Report of lead agency

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"What the main agency must include in its report about how it handles personal information"

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When a lead agency writes a report, it must include certain information. This information is decided by regulations made under section 215(1)(d), and the Commissioner chooses what to include after thinking about things like the cost of reporting, how much the public is interested, and how important the privacy implications are. The Commissioner looks at the section 154(1)(b) to decide what to include in the report.

You need to know that the report will be part of the lead agency's annual report under the Public Finance Act 1989. If the lead agency has to write an annual report, the information will be in that report. If not, it will be in the annual report that is written after a certain period of time, which is decided under section 156(1)(b).

The lead agency has to follow these rules when writing its report, and it must include the required information in its annual report, as stated in the Public Finance Act 1989.

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155Report of lead agency

  1. A report prepared by a lead agency under section 154(1)(b) must include the matters prescribed in regulations made under section 215(1)(d) that the Commissioner specifies after having regard to—

  2. the costs of reporting:
    1. the degree of public interest in information about the matters prescribed in those regulations:
      1. the significance of the privacy implications of the approved information sharing agreement.

        1. A report must be included—

        2. in the lead agency's annual report under the Public Finance Act 1989, if it is required annually; or
          1. in the lead agency's annual report under the Public Finance Act 1989 that immediately follows the end of each interval specified under section 156(1)(b).

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