When you look at other laws, you will see that they do not override this Act, the Official Information Act 1982, or the Privacy Act 2020. You do not have to share information that has been made public under section 442 with anyone else, unless the law says you can. The Bank can share this information under the Official Information Act 1982 if certain conditions are met, as stated in section 442(2).

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442: Disclosure of information by Bank, or

"When the Bank can share your information"

444: Offence to make unauthorised disclosure, or

"Don't share secret bank information or you could get in trouble with the law"

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Nothing in any Act, other than this Act, the Official Information Act 1982, or the Privacy Act 2020, requires the Bank or any person to whom information has been published or disclosed under section 442 to make that information available to any other person.
The Bank may make information to which this section applies available under the Official Information Act 1982 only if 1 or more grounds under section 442(2) apply.

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443: Relationship with other Acts

"How this law works with other New Zealand laws"

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443Relationship with other Acts

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