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Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Act 2022

Information provisions and other matters - Information provisions - Monitor’s information rules

49: Monitor’s information rules

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"Rules to Keep Personal Info Private"

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The Monitor has to make rules called information rules. These rules are about how the Monitor collects, uses, and shares information to keep people's personal information private and other information confidential. The Monitor makes these rules to help them do their job and protect the privacy of children, young people, and their families.

The Monitor is in charge of making these information rules and cannot ask someone else to do it for them. When making these rules, the Monitor must talk to other groups and people who might be affected, such as hapū, iwi, and Māori organisations, the chief executive of Oranga Tamariki, approved providers, and the Privacy Commissioner.

The Monitor's information rules are a type of law called secondary legislation, which has its own set of rules to follow, as outlined in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. You can find more information about this in the Legislation Act 2019. The Monitor must follow these rules when making their information rules.

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Information provisions: Monitor’s information rules

49Monitor’s information rules

  1. The Monitor must make rules (information rules) relating to the collection, use, and disclosure of information by the Monitor to ensure protection of the privacy of persons to whom personal information relates, and the confidentiality of other information.

  2. The information rules must support the performance of the Monitor’s monitoring function and protect the privacy of children, young people, their families and whānau.

  3. The power of the Monitor to make information rules must not be delegated to another person.

  4. When making information rules, the Monitor must—

  5. make reasonable efforts to consult interested or affected agencies; and
    1. consult the following:
      1. hapū, iwi, and Māori organisations with whom the Monitor has entered into arrangements under section 19:
        1. the chief executive of Oranga Tamariki:
          1. approved providers:
            1. the Privacy Commissioner.

            2. Information rules made under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

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