204Information sharing with regulatory agencies

1. Subject to any enactment,—

2. the Water Services Authority may provide a regulatory agency with any information, or a copy of any document, that it—
   1. holds in relation to the performance or exercise of its functions, duties, or powers; and
   2. considers may assist the regulatory agency in the performance or exercise of the regulatory agency’s functions, duties, or powers; and
3. a regulatory agency may provide the Water Services Authority with any information, or a copy of any document, that it—
   1. holds in relation to the performance or exercise of its functions, duties, or powers under or in relation to any enactment; and
   2. considers may assist the Water Services Authority in the performance or exercise of its functions, duties, or powers.

4. If subsection (1)(a) or (b) applies, the Water Services Authority or the regulatory agency (as the case may be) may impose conditions that it thinks fit relating to the provision of the information or document, including conditions relating to—

5. the storage and use of, or access to, anything provided:
6. the copying, returning, or disposing of copies of any documents provided.

7. Nothing in subsection (2) limits the Privacy Act 2020.

8. This section applies despite anything to the contrary in any contract, deed, or document.

9. In this section,—

   agency means—

10. a department or departmental agency (within the meaning of section 5 of the Public Service Act 2020):
11. a Crown entity (within the meaning of section 7 of the Crown Entities Act 2004)

regulatory agency means any of the following persons or agencies:

1. the New Zealand Police:
2. the New Zealand Transport Agency:
3. the Commerce Commission:
4. the Department of Internal Affairs, including any statutory officer who carries out work for that business or undertaking:
5. the Environmental Protection Authority:
6. Fire and Emergency New Zealand:
7. a medical officer of health:
8. the Ministry for the Environment, including any statutory officer who carries out work for that business or undertaking:
9. the Ministry of Health:
10. the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment, including any statutory officer who carries out work for that business or undertaking:
11. the Ministry for Primary Industries:
12. a local authority:
13. a water service provider:
14. an agency prescribed by the Water Services Authority by notice.

12. A notice made under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).