Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022

Information provisions and other matters - Information provisions

44: Purpose for which information may be collected, used, or disclosed

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"The Monitor can only collect and use your information to do their job and help kids."

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The Monitor can only collect, use, or disclose information under this Act to help them do their job. You can think of their job as fulfilling their objectives and performing their functions, duties, or powers. The Monitor can also collect, use, or disclose information if this Act says they can do so in other parts of the legislation.

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43: Arrangements with hapū, iwi, and Māori organisations, or

"Working with Māori groups to help with complaints and share information"

45: Monitor’s power to require information, or

"The Monitor can ask for information to help keep children safe, and agencies must provide it unless it's private lawyer talk."

Part 3Information provisions and other matters
Information provisions

44Purpose for which information may be collected, used, or disclosed

The Monitor may only collect, use, or disclose information under this Act—
to enable the Monitor to fulfil their objectives and (as applicable) perform or exercise their functions, duties, or powers; or
as otherwise provided under this Act.