“Part 6
“Information matching

“66 Interpretation

• In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires,—

  “benefit means—

  • “(a) a benefit as defined in section 3(1) of the Social Security Act 1964; or

  • “(b) a lump sum payable under any of sections 61DB, 61DC, and 61DD of that Act; or

  • “(c) any special assistance granted out of a Crown Bank Account from money appropriated by Parliament under section 124(1)(d) of that Act; or

  • “(d) an allowance established by regulations made under section 303 of the Education Act 1989

  “Corporation, despite section 2(1), includes the company

  “Corporation housing means premises (whether owned by the Crown, the Corporation, or any other person) let or to be let by or on behalf of the Corporation for occupation by any person as a place of residence

  “department means the department for the time being responsible for the administration of the Social Security Act 1964

  “partner, in the phrase ‘spouse or partner’ and in related contexts, means, in relation to any person (A), a person—

  • “(a) who is A's civil union partner or de facto partner; and

  • “(b) who is not, in the Corporation's opinion, living apart from A.

“67 Purpose of section 68

• The purpose of section 68 is to facilitate the disclosure of information by the Corporation to the department for the purpose of helping the department to—

  • “(a) verify the entitlement or eligibility of any person to or for any benefit; and

  • “(b) verify the amount of any benefit to which any person is or was entitled or to which any person is or was eligible; and

  • “(c) recover debts due to the Crown (acting by and through the department) in respect of benefits.

“68 Disclosure of tenancy information for benefit purposes

• “(1) For the purpose stated in section 67, the chief executive of the department may from time to time request the Corporation to supply, in respect of persons who are tenants in relation to Corporation housing, or were tenants of that kind on or after the commencement of the Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters (Information Matching) Amendment Act 2006,—

  • “(a) the biographical information held by the Corporation that is sufficient to identify those persons, including their addresses; and

  • “(b) the details of the tenancies of those persons held by the Corporation that are necessary for the purpose stated in section 67.

  “(2) A request under subsection (1) must be made in accordance with arrangements made from time to time between the chief executive of the department and the Corporation.

  “(3) On receipt of a request under subsection (1), the Corporation may supply the information requested to any person who is an officer or employee or agent—

  • “(a) of the chief executive of the department; and

  • “(b) authorised for the purpose by that chief executive.

  “(4) Information supplied under a request under subsection (1) may be supplied in a form determined by agreement between the Corporation and the chief executive of the department.

“69 Information and details to be disclosed

• Examples of the information and details referred to in section 68(1)(a) and (b) are, for every tenant or former tenant,—

  • “(a) his or her full name, any other names used by him or her, and his or her date of birth; and

  • “(b) the full name, any other names used by, and the date of birth of, his or her spouse or partner (if any) and the full names, any other names used by, and the dates of birth of, any dependent children of the tenant or his or her spouse or partner (if any); and

  • “(c) the physical address of the Corporation housing that is the subject of the tenancy; and

  • “(d) the start date, end date (if any), and weekly rent of the tenancy; and

  • “(e) his or her income, and the components of it, as advised by him or her on any form or forms, or in any other information, supplied to the Corporation for the purposes of enabling it to determine his or her rental, and the period or periods to which that income, or a component of it, relates; and

  • “(f) any address or other details supplied to the Corporation for the purposes of enabling it to contact him or her after the tenancy has ended.”

• “(ba) the company within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters Act 1992:”.

• “(fa) the Housing New Zealand Corporation established (as the Housing Corporation of New Zealand) by section 3(1) of the Housing Corporation Act 1974:”.

Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters Act 1992

Section 68