Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Bill
Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Bill
This Bill was created from the division of the Privacy (Information Sharing) Bill. See the other Bills resulting from this division.
Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Bill
Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Bill
Government Bill
318—3C
As reported from the committee of the whole House
This bill was formerly part of the Privacy (Information Sharing) Bill as reported from the Justice and Electoral Committee. The committee of the whole House has further amended the bill and divided it into the following bills:
Privacy Amendment Bill comprising clauses 1 and 2, Part 1, and the Schedule
Tax Administration Amendment Bill comprising Part 2
this bill comprising Part 3.
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Hon Judith Collins
Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Bill
Government Bill
318—3C
Contents
14 Disclosure of birth information, death information, marriage information, civil union information, and name change information to certain specified agencies for certain purposes
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
1 Title
This Act is the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Act 2013.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
13 Principal Act amended
This Part amends the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 1995.
14 Disclosure of birth information, death information, marriage information, civil union information, and name change information to certain specified agencies for certain purposes
Section 78A(4) is amended by inserting
“under this section”
after“chief executive”
.
15 New section 78AA inserted
The following section is inserted after section 78A:
“78AA Disclosure of birth information, death information, marriage information, civil union information, and name change information under approved information sharing agreement
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“(1) The Registrar-General may share the following personal information about an identifiable individual under an approved information sharing agreement:
“(a) birth information:
“(b) death information:
“(c) marriage information:
“(d) civil union information:
“(e) name change information.
“(2) This section does not limit section 74.
“(3) This section and section 78A do not limit each other, and section 78A does not prevent the Registrar-General from entering into an information sharing agreement with any agency to share information of the kind specified in subsection (1).
“(4) Subsection (1) applies whether or not a non-disclosure direction is in force in respect of any or all of the personal information about an identifiable individual referred to in that subsection.
“(5) In this section,—
“approved information sharing agreement and information sharing agreement have the meanings given to them by section 96D of the Privacy Act 1993
“non-disclosure direction means a direction made by the Registrar-General on a request under section 75A(2)(b) that a person's birth information, marriage information, civil union information, or name change information not be disclosed to the public.”
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Legislative history | |
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| 19 February 2013 | Divided from Privacy (Information Sharing) Bill (Bill 318–2) by committee of the whole House as Bill 318–3C |