160: Court may make order prohibiting publication
29: Privilege against self-incrimination
281: Disclosure of information by Corporation for benefit and benefit debt recovery purposes
289: Information manager
290: Information manager can require government agencies to provide injury-related information
307: How documents given or information notified
332: Regulations relating to information
7: Persons who are not in business of providing financial service
25: Operation of and access to register
32: Search purposes
33: When search breaches information privacy principle
34: Sharing information with other persons or bodies
38: Disclosure of information and reports
64: Obligation to publish rules
70: Annual report and information requested by Minister to be publicly available
Schedule 1: Consequential amendment
7: Meaning of classified information and proceedings involving classified information
13: New Zealand citizens may enter and be in New Zealand at any time
30: Use of biometric information in decision making
31: Collection and storage of biometric information
32: Department to undertake privacy impact assessment
34: Minister may receive briefing
35: Protection of classified information
38: Summary of allegations to be developed
39: Reasons, etc, to be given where prejudicial decision made using classified information
41: Declassification of classified information
60: Biometric information may be required from visa applicant
100: Collection of biometric information from proposed arrivals
120: Persons other than New Zealand citizens leaving New Zealand to allow biometric information to be collected
151: Confidentiality to be maintained in respect of claimants, refugees, and protected persons
229: Tribunal may require chief executive to provide information
232: Tribunal may require provision of biometric information
256: Court to approve summary of allegations
259: Obligation and powers of Tribunal and courts in relation to classified information
260: Ancillary general practices and procedures to protect classified information
262: Restriction on appeal and review
264: Recognition of special advocates
267: Communication between special advocate and person to whom classified information relates
288: Requirement to allow collection of biometric information and special biometric information
295: Information matching to locate person in serious default of payment of fine
301: Disclosure of immigration information to verify eligibility for publicly funded services
304: Disclosure of information to employers
305: Disclosure of information overseas
354: Failure to maintain confidentiality in relation to refugee or protection matters
67: Duty to co-operate and communicate information in certain circumstances
69: Person responsible for approved dispute resolution scheme must supply further information on Minister’s request
45: Local authority to respond to Auditor-General
71: Protection from disclosure of sensitive information
74: Official information
171: General power of entry
174: Authority to act
182: Power of entry to check utility services
293: Bylaws
42: Protection of sensitive information
42: No right of complaint to Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security
99: New Zealand citizen may confirm citizenship before arrival in New Zealand
352: Service of documents
270: Tribunal or court may appoint special adviser
300: Information matching to determine eligibility or liability to pay for services
302: Disclosure of information to enable Department to check identity, character, and status
477: New section 141ABA inserted
149E: EPA to receive submissions on matter if public notice of direction has been given
149G: EPA must provide board or court with necessary information
149R: Board to produce report
89X: Restriction on publication of reports of proceedings
96ZF: Restriction on publication of reports of proceedings
170: Payers not to disclose information
172: Other offences in relation to this Part
100: Publication of audited financial statements
137: Restricting public access to information and documents on register
140: Search purposes
141: When search constitutes interference with privacy of individual
153: Meetings to be held in public
147D: Investigator must give notice to occupier of dwellinghouse
147Z: Publication of orders
147ZF: Power of court to prohibit publication of person's name or affairs
48: Privileges protected
217: Access to certain information kept by territorial authority
228: Authorised officer must give notice to occupier of household unit
307: Search purposes
308: When search constitutes interference with privacy of individual
339: Orders as to publication of names
352: Power of Minister to require information relating to affairs of Board
409: Requirement to consult
29: Inspection, production, and evidence of documents kept by Registrar
18: Dealings between company and other persons
66: Part does not limit Privacy Act 2020
367: Application of Official Information Act 1982 and Privacy Act 1993
62E: Responsibility of tenant unaffected
41: Prevention of suicide or certain offences
66G: Quiet enjoyment
66J: Other obligations of landlord
66O: Landlord may make house rules
66R: Landlord’s right to enter boarding room is limited
66S: Notice of entry
78C: Questions of law in relation to espionage or wrongful communication of information
112F: Non-disclosure of contact information
105B: Use or disclosure of personal information disclosed in breach of section 105A
124: Distribution or exhibition of indecent matter
22E: MSD may disclose address information for bond refund purposes
216A: Interpretation
216B: Prohibition on use of interception devices
216C: Prohibition on disclosure of private communications unlawfully intercepted
216D: Prohibition on dealing, etc, with interception devices
216E: Forfeiture
216F: Unlawful disclosure
216G: Intimate visual recording defined
216J: Prohibition on publishing, importing, exporting, or selling intimate visual recording
216K: Exceptions to prohibition in section 216J
216N: Protection from liability
312J: Destruction of relevant records made by use of interception device
312K: Prohibition on disclosure of private communications lawfully intercepted
261G: Consultation on proposal to incorporate material by reference
261H: Access to material incorporated by reference
59: Confidentiality of information and documents
60: Conditions relating to publication or disclosure of information or documents
122C: Appeals from decisions under section 122B
371A: Sharing of information with Financial Markets Authority
9: Immigration applications or requests from unlicensed immigration advisers
92: Disclosure of personal information overseas
96: Privacy Act 1993 amended
48E: Government-to-government co-operation arrangements
48G: Content of co-operation arrangements
48J: Conditions on providing compulsorily acquired information and investigative assistance
48K: Notice to persons affected by provision of information
48N: Information provided by consent
48O: Maintenance of privilege
257: Minister may require information
258U: Final report of Ministerial body
258Z: Disclosure of information held by local authority
26A: Duties of local authorities in relation to local government reorganisation
34: Providing information in bargaining for collective agreement
69G: Notice of right to make election
69OD: Provision of employee transfer costs information by other persons
69OF: Employer who is subject to Official Information Act 1982
197: Sharing of information between regulator and regulatory agencies
210: Confidentiality of information
140A: Compliance order in relation to disclosure of employee transfer costs information and individualised employee information
230: Entry of dwellinghouses
82A: Information requirements for consultation required under this Act
93F: Form and manner of presentation of consultation document
69OEA: Disclosure of individualised employee information
367A: Confidentiality of director information
29A: Use of automated system to confirm New Zealand citizenship
290A: Obtaining biometric information by compulsion
Schedule 4: Provisions relating to classified security information
300: Information gathering, disclosure, and matching
381: Privacy report for orders adopting agreements with mutual assistance provisions
382: Interpretation
385: MSD may use mutual assistance provisions to exchange information
386: Adverse action against individual if discrepancy shown by information from other country
417: Benefits cannot, in general, be assigned or charged, or pass by operation of law
437: Regulations: issue and use of entitlement cards
450: Regulations: reciprocity agreements with mutual assistance provisions, and adverse action if discrepancy shown by information from other country
Schedule 6: Information gathering, disclosure, and matching
233B: Information sharing
285A: Search of persons
227: Legal requirement that signature or seal be witnessed
231: Extra conditions for electronic communications
238: Copyright
239: Regulations and Order in Council to amend Schedule 5
303C: Requirements for agreements entered into under section 303, 303A, or 303B
303B: Direct access to information for purposes of law enforcement, counter-terrorism, and security
13A: Contents of tenancy agreement
15: Notification of successor to landlord or tenant
16: Change of name or address
37: Vacant possession
38: Quiet enjoyment
48: Landlord's right of entry
78A: Registrar may restrict public access to register
45: Decision to grant access to personal information
46: Decision to refuse access to personal information
47: Decision to neither confirm nor deny personal information is held
63: Decision on request to correct personal information
64: Decision on request to attach statement of correction
214: Regulations: prescribed countries
113: Assessment of likelihood of serious harm being caused by privacy breach
129: Publication of details of compliance notice
83: Exploring possibility of settlement and assurance during investigation
109: Proceedings involving access to personal information
66: Charges
213: Regulations: prescribed binding schemes
44: Responding to IPP 6 request
62A: Employer must share new employee information with union unless employee objects
3: Purpose of this Act
5: Transitional, savings, and related provisions
6: Act binds the Crown
7: Interpretation
10: Personal information held by agency if held by officer, employee, or member of agency
11: Personal information treated as being held by another agency in certain circumstances
12: Actions of, and disclosure of information to, staff of agency, etc
13: Privacy Commissioner
14: Deputy Privacy Commissioner
15: Holding of other offices
17: Functions of Commissioner
19: Responsible Minister must present copy of report on operation of Act to House of Representatives
20: Duty to act independently
21: Commissioner to have regard to certain matters
22: Information privacy principles
24: Relationships between IPPs and other New Zealand law
27: Restricted application of IPPs to personal information collected or held for personal or domestic affairs
28: IPPs 2, 3, and 4(b) do not apply to personal information collected by intelligence and security agencies
30: Commissioner may authorise collection, use, storage, or disclosure of personal information otherwise in breach of IPP 2 or IPPs 9 to 12
31: Enforceability of IPPs
32: Codes of practice in relation to IPPs
33: Issue of code of practice
34: Urgent issue of code of practice
36: Application of Legislation Act 2019 to codes
37: Amendment and revocation of codes of practice
38: Effect of codes of practice
39: Interpretation
40: Individuals may make IPP 6 request
42: Assistance
43: Transfer of IPP 6 request
48: Extension of time limits
49: Protection, etc, of individual as reason for refusing access to personal information
50: Evaluative material as reason for refusing access to personal information
51: Security, defence, international relations as reason for refusing access to personal information
52: Trade secret as reason for refusing access to personal information
53: Other reasons for refusing access to personal information
54: Agency may impose conditions instead of refusing access to personal information
55: Withholding personal information contained in document
56: Ways personal information in document may be made available
57: Responsibilities of agency before giving access to personal information
58: Interpretation
59: Individuals may make correction requests
60: Urgency
61: Assistance
62: Transfer of correction request
65: Extension of time limits
67: Commissioner may authorise public sector agency to impose charge
68: Interpretation
69: Interference with privacy of individual
70: Complaints
71: Who may make complaint
72: Form of complaint
73: Procedure on receipt of complaint
74: Commissioner may decide not to investigate complaint
76: Referral of complaint to overseas privacy enforcement authority
77: Exploring possibility of settlement and assurance without investigating complaint
79: Application of this subpart
80: Commencing investigation
81: Conducting investigation
82: Commissioner may regulate own procedure
85: Compulsory conferences of parties to complaint
86: Power to summon persons
87: Power to require information and documents
88: Disclosure of information may be required despite obligation of secrecy
89: Protection and privileges of persons required to provide information, etc
90: Disclosed information privileged
91: Procedure after completion of investigation relating to access to personal information
93: Procedure after completion of investigation relating to charging
94: Procedure after completion of other investigations
95: Special procedure relating to intelligence and security agency
96: Commissioner to report breach of duty or misconduct
97: Director may commence proceedings in Tribunal
98: Aggrieved individuals may commence proceedings in Tribunal
99: Right of Director to appear in proceedings commenced under section 98
100: Apology not admissible except for assessment of remedies
101: Onus of proof
102: Remedies in respect of interference with privacy
103: Damages
104: Enforcement of access direction
105: Appeal to Tribunal against access direction
106: Time for lodging appeal
107: Interim order suspending Commissioner’s direction pending appeal
108: Determination of appeal
111: Certain provisions of Human Rights Act 1993 to apply
112: Interpretation
114: Agency to notify Commissioner of notifiable privacy breach
115: Agency to notify affected individual or give public notice of notifiable privacy breach
116: Exceptions to or delay in complying with requirement to notify affected individuals or give public notice of notifiable privacy breach
117: Requirements for notification
118: Offence to fail to notify Commissioner
122: Publication of identity of agencies in certain circumstances
123: Compliance notices
124: Issuing compliance notice
125: Form of compliance notice
126: Agency response to compliance notice
127: Commissioner may vary or cancel compliance notice
128: Commissioner’s power to obtain information
130: Enforcement of compliance notice
131: Appeal against compliance notice or Commissioner’s decision to vary or cancel notice
132: Interim order suspending compliance notice pending appeal
133: Remedies, costs, and enforcement
134: Application of Human Rights Act 1993
135: Commissioner may be represented in proceedings
136: Purpose of this subpart
137: Relationship between subpart 1 and other law relating to information disclosure
138: Interpretation
139: Information sharing between agencies
140: Information sharing within agencies
141: Parties to information sharing agreement
142: Agreement may apply to classes of agencies
143: Lead agency
144: Form and content of information sharing agreement
145: Governor-General may approve information sharing agreement by Order in Council
146: Requirements for Order in Council
147: Further provisions about Order in Council
148: Status of Order in Council
149: Matters to which relevant Minister must have regard before recommending Order in Council
150: Consultation on proposed information sharing agreement
151: Commissioner may prepare and publish report on approved information sharing agreement
152: Requirement to give notice of adverse action
153: When requirement to give notice of adverse action applies
154: Responsibilities of lead agency
155: Report of lead agency
156: Commissioner may specify frequency of reporting by lead agency
157: Amendment of approved information sharing agreement
158: Review of operation of approved information sharing agreement
159: Report on findings of review
160: Relevant Minister must present copy of report under section 159(1) and report setting out Government's response to House of Representatives
161: Power to amend Schedule 2 by Order in Council
162: Purpose of this subpart
163: Relationship between this subpart and other law relating to information disclosure
164: Interpretation
165: Access by agencies to identity information
166: Manner and form of access
167: Annual reporting requirement
168: Power to amend Schedule 3 by Order in Council
169: Purpose of this subpart
170: Relationship between this subpart and other law relating to information disclosure
171: Interpretation
172: Access by accessing agencies to law enforcement information
174: Purpose of this subpart
175: Application of this subpart
176: Relationship between this subpart and other law relating to information disclosure
177: Interpretation
178: Information matching agreements
179: Use of results of authorised information matching programme
180: Extension of time limit
181: Notice of adverse action proposed
182: Reporting requirements
183: Reports on authorised information matching programmes
184: Reports on information matching provisions
185: Responsible Minister must present copy of report under section 184 and report setting out Government’s response to House of Representatives
186: Avoidance of controls on information matching through use of exceptions to information privacy principles
187: Avoidance of controls on information matching through use of official information statutes
188: Power to amend Schedule 5 by Order in Council
189: Power to amend Schedule 6 by Order in Council
190: Amendments to other enactments related to this subpart
191: Repeal of section 190 and Schedule 7
193: Prohibition on transfer of personal information outside New Zealand
194: Commissioner's power to obtain information
195: Transfer prohibition notice
196: Commissioner may vary or cancel transfer prohibition notice
197: Offence in relation to transfer prohibition notice
198: Appeals against transfer prohibition notice
199: Application of Human Rights Act 1993
200: Power to amend Schedule 8 by Order in Council
201: Privacy officers
202: Commissioner may require agency to supply information
203: Inquiries
204: Powers relating to declaratory judgments
205: Protection against certain actions
206: Commissioner and staff to maintain secrecy
207: Commissioner may share information with overseas privacy enforcement authority
209: Exclusion of public interest immunity
210: Adverse comment
211: Liability of employers, principals, and agencies
215: Other regulations
216: Repeal and revocation
217: Consequential amendments
218: Repeal of section 217 and Schedule 9
26: Restricted application of IPP 13 to unique identifiers assigned before 1 July 1993
25: IPPs 1 to 4 do not apply to personal information collected before 1 July 1993
35A: Application of Official Information Act 1982
18: Other functions of Commissioner
8: Meaning of New Zealand agency
9: Meaning of overseas agency
119: Section 211 does not apply to processes and proceedings relating to failure to notify notifiable privacy breach
120: Liability for actions of officers, employees, agents, and members of agencies
121: Knowledge of officers, employees, agents, and members of agencies to be treated as knowledge of employers, principal agencies, and agencies
126: Application of Official Information Act 1982
207N: Restrictions on sharing evidence or information
2AC: Availability of documents
201A: Responsibility under Parts 4 to 6 for interdepartmental executive board
95A: Suppression orders
78: Referral of complaint to Director without conducting investigation
84: Referral of complaint to Director without completing investigation
56E: Disclosure of notice of withdrawal or accompanying evidence
47B: Authority may impose conditions on provision of information or documents
207BC: Power to enter household unit or marae
92: Access direction
54A: Register of members’ pecuniary interests
54B: Purpose of register
54C: Members to make pecuniary interest returns
54D: Accuracy of information included in pecuniary interest return
54E: Contents of pecuniary interest return relating to member’s position
54F: Contents of pecuniary interest return relating to member’s activities
54G: Registrar
54H: Responsibility of members
23: Application of IPPs in relation to information held overseas
363A: Use of automated electronic systems to make decisions, exercise powers, comply with obligations, and take related actions
363B: Publication of details of arrangements for use of automated electronic systems
363C: Variation and substitution of decisions made by automated electronic systems
294AAA: Obligation of immigration officer and Department not to disclose information
294AAB: Information sharing
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