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Consideration to Redacted release of Assessor Safety Concerns Submissions

Anthony Jordan made this Official Information request to Accident Compensation Corporation

The request was refused by Accident Compensation Corporation.

From: Anthony Jordan

Dear Accident Compensation Corporation,

Further to assessor safety concerns

You make reference to a request dated 8 April 2013 that copies of submissions had been provided to the Ombudsman. And pursuant of 2(1)(i) therefore you would not release this information. In the interest of transparency to public interest would the ACC please provide the following

1/ Copy of letter sent to Ombudsman as part of investigation to safety concern submission. And where required in the interest of further privacy or safety concerns, redact any names of assessor’s or parties that may be identified as part of submission in question.

With reference to your reply dated 22 February 2013 to Question 3 and subsequent reply to decline on privacy and outweighing public interest, In the interest of transparency to any public interest would the ACC please provide the following

2/ Provide a copy of submission in way of redacted disclosure

3/ And if the ACC decline the above (2/) based on privacy and/or safety, would the ACC consult with those concerned and ask authorising its release or non-release and provide proof of consult without identifying its writers.
With reference to the reply dated 22 February 2013 the ACC declining to provide the proof that an approach was made to the New Zealand Police regarding death threats to a number of assessors’ and their families etc.

The New Zealand Police, as stated within a reply made in this website, they cannot disclose this information as they do not keep such record nor are aware of any such complaint. Therefore, In the interest of transparency to any public interest would the ACC please provide the following

4/ Date letter of concerns and/or complaint made to New Zealand Police regarding statement in initial letter of decline

Yours faithfully,

Anthony Jordan

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From: Mary Clarke
Accident Compensation Corporation

Good morning Mr Jordan
I have your email of 5 February 2014, however, I do not understand your
request. 
Can you please clarify exactly what it is you are requesting.
Thank you.
 
Kind regards
Mary
 

       
  Mary Clarke, Senior Advisor, Government Services, ACC
   
  ACC cares about the environment – please don’t print this email
    unless it is really necessary. Thank you.

 

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From: Anthony Jordan

Dear Mary Clarke,

Thankyou for requesting clarification. Please note the following:

http://tinyurl.com/lrob9np Refrence to Question 1/ and general

http://tinyurl.com/l7mnohq Refrence to Question 1/ and general

http://tinyurl.com/qj9px6n Refrence to Question 3/ and general

http://tinyurl.com/kbz5fsb April 8 2013 Reference

With reference to redaction, and no offence intended to the reader, this is explained below:

redact (rɪˈdækt)
vb (tr)
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) to compose or draft (an edict, proclamation, etc)
2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) to put (a literary work, etc) into appropriate form for publication; edit

The objective with this request is purely based on obtaining transparency and reinforcing integrity where the Corporation is concerned with such serious matters etc.

I.e. proof of police involvement, and submissions put forward by assessors to the Corporation that were considered and subsequently used for Justification with initial refusal based on safety grounds.

I reiterate references to identity of any individual or business to be redacted.

Yours sincerely,

Anthony Jordan

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From: Mary Clarke
Accident Compensation Corporation

Thank you for your further email Mr Jordan.

Regards
Mary

Mary Clarke, Senior Advisor, Government Services, ACC
Days of work are Monday, Wednesday, Friday.
Tel 04 8167422 / Fax 04 8167012
ACC cares about the environment – please don’t print this email
unless it is really necessary. Thank you.

-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony Jordan [mailto:[OIA #1435 email]]
Sent: Wednesday, 19 February 2014 13:41
To: Mary Clarke
Subject: Re: OIA request dated 5 February 2014

Dear Mary Clarke,

Thankyou for requesting clarification. Please note the following:

http://tinyurl.com/lrob9np Refrence to Question 1/ and general

http://tinyurl.com/l7mnohq Refrence to Question 1/ and general

http://tinyurl.com/qj9px6n Refrence to Question 3/ and general

http://tinyurl.com/kbz5fsb April 8 2013 Reference

With reference to redaction, and no offence intended to the reader,
this is explained below:

redact (rɪˈdækt)
vb (tr)
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) to compose or draft (an
edict, proclamation, etc)
2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) to put (a literary work,
etc) into appropriate form for publication; edit

The objective with this request is purely based on obtaining
transparency and reinforcing integrity where the Corporation is
concerned with such serious matters etc.

I.e. proof of police involvement, and submissions put forward by
assessors to the Corporation that were considered and subsequently
used for Justification with initial refusal based on safety
grounds.

I reiterate references to identity of any individual or business to
be redacted.

Yours sincerely,

Anthony Jordan

-----Original Message-----

Good morning Mr Jordan
I have your email of 5 February 2014, however, I do not understand
your
request. 
Can you please clarify exactly what it is you are requesting.
Thank you.
 
Kind regards
Mary
 

       
  Mary Clarke, Senior Advisor, Government Services, ACC
   
  ACC cares about the environment – please don’t print this email
    unless it is really necessary. Thank you.

 

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From: Jason Tamm
Accident Compensation Corporation

Attachment Response 5 February.pdf
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