“26A Disclosure of citizenship information to certain specified agencies for certain purposes

• “(1) The purpose of this section is to authorise the disclosure of citizenship information to certain specified agencies for certain purposes.

  “(2) The Secretary and the chief executive of a specified agency listed in the first column of Schedule 4 may enter into an agreement for the disclosure by the Secretary to the chief executive of citizenship information only for the purpose described in the second column in relation to the specified agency.

  “(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), an agreement made in relation to citizenship information to be used to verify whether a person is eligible to hold a New Zealand passport, must be entered into by the Secretary in his or her capacity as the holder of citizenship information with himself or herself in the capacity as the holder of information under the Passports Act 1992.

  “(4) An agreement entered into under subsection (2) may be varied by the Secretary and the chief executive.

  “(5) The Secretary may disclose citizenship information to the chief executive only in accordance with Schedule 4 and an agreement entered into under subsection (2).

  “(6) In this section,—

  “citizenship information means information held by the Secretary that relates to the acquisition or loss of citizenship by, or the citizenship status of, any person

  “specified agency has the meaning given to it by section 97 of the Privacy Act 1993.”