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183: Reports on authorised information matching programmes
or “Yearly reports on approved data-sharing programmes between agencies”
You could also call this:

“Regular reviews of information sharing rules and their effectiveness”

Every five years, you need to check how well the rules for sharing information are working. These rules are called ‘information matching provisions’. You have to look at each one carefully and think about two main things. First, should we keep using this rule? Second, do we need to change the rule to make it better? After you’ve done this, you need to write a report and give it to the minister in charge.

The first time you do this check for each rule depends on when it was last looked at. If someone has already checked the rule before, you need to do your check within five years of their last report. If no one has ever checked the rule before, you need to do your first check within five years from when this new law started.

When you’re writing about other parts of the law in your report, you should link to those sections so people can easily find them if they want to learn more.

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or “Minister must share privacy report and government's response with Parliament”
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Part 7 Sharing, accessing, and matching personal information
Authorised information matching programmes

184Reports on information matching provisions

  1. The Commissioner must, at 5-yearly intervals,—

  2. review the operation of every information matching provision and consider, in particular, whether—
    1. the authority conferred by the information matching provision should be continued; and
      1. any amendments to the provision are necessary or desirable; and
      2. report the result of the review to the responsible Minister.

        1. The first report of an information matching provision under this section is due not later than—

        2. 5 years after the date of the last report prepared in respect of that information matching provision by the Commissioner under section 106 of the Privacy Act 1993; or
          1. 5 years after the commencement of this section, if no previous report has been prepared in respect of that information matching provision by the Commissioner.

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