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Customer and Product Data Bill

Administrative matters - Information sharing

123: Sharing of information with certain law enforcement or regulatory agencies

You could also call this:

“Sharing important information with special government teams to help them do their job”

This proposed law is about sharing information between different government agencies. The chief executive, who is in charge of this law, can share information with certain other agencies if it helps them do their job.

The chief executive can give information to agencies like the Commerce Commission, the Department of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, the Privacy Commissioner, and the Trust Framework Authority. They can also share information with other people or agencies if the rules say so.

The chief executive can use information that these agencies give them to do their job under this law. This sharing of information can happen even if there’s a contract or agreement that says it shouldn’t.

This new rule doesn’t stop the chief executive from sharing information in other ways that are already allowed by law. It’s just an extra way to share information that might be helpful.

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Part 5 Administrative matters
Information sharing

123Sharing of information with certain law enforcement or regulatory agencies

  1. The chief executive may provide to a person or an agency specified in subsection (2) any information that the chief executive—

  2. holds in relation to the performance or exercise of the chief executive’s functions, powers, or duties under this Act; and
    1. considers may assist the person or agency to perform or exercise the person’s functions, powers, or duties under any legislation.

      1. The persons or agencies are any of the following:

      2. the Commerce Commission:
        1. the Department of Internal Affairs:
          1. the Ministry of Justice:
            1. the Privacy Commissioner:
              1. the Trust Framework Authority established under section 58 of the Digital Identity Services Trust Framework Act 2023:
                1. a person or an agency that is prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section.

                  1. The chief executive may use any information provided to it by any person or agency referred to in subsection (2) in the chief executive's performance or exercise of their functions, powers, or duties under this Act.

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

                  3. This section does not limit any provision of this Act or any other legislation that allows the chief executive to use or disclose information.