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Privacy Act 2020

Miscellaneous provisions - General

208: Consultation

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“The Commissioner can discuss and share information with other officials”

The Commissioner can talk to certain people about their work under this law. These people include the Ombudsman, the Health and Disability Commissioner, the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security, and the Independent Police Conduct Authority.

If the Commissioner needs to share information with these people to have a good chat, they can do that. This is allowed even if the information is usually kept private.

This rule is more important than another rule in section 206(1) that might say something different.

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Part 9 Miscellaneous provisions
General

208Consultation

  1. The Commissioner may at any time consult any of the following persons about any matter relating to the functions of the Commissioner under this Act:

  2. an Ombudsman:
    1. the Health and Disability Commissioner:
      1. the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security.
        1. the Independent Police Conduct Authority.

          1. For the purpose of consulting a person specified in subsection (1), the Commissioner may disclose to that person any information that the Commissioner considers necessary.

          2. This section overrides section 206(1).

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          Notes
          • Section 208(1)(d): inserted, on , by section 101 of the Statutes Amendment Act 2022 (2022 No 75).