Border Executive Board
The Customhouse
1 Hinemoa Street
Harbour Quays, Wellington 6011
Email: [email address], Website: www.customs.govt.nz
15 October 2021
BEB OIA 21-007
Sebastian
By email – [FYI request #15553 email]
Dear Sebastian
Extension of request for official information
Thank you for your email, dated 24 September 2021, to the Border Executive Board seeking the
following information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).
•
Copies of the minutes of all BEB meetings since 19 July 2021
•
Copies of all reports produced by BEB and supplied to the Minister for the COVID-19
Response since July 2021
We are in the process of preparing the information for release which includes consultation with
the Border Executive Board member agencies. However, due to the necessity for further
consultation and review, I wish to advise that we have needed to extend the time frame for a
response, pursuant to section 15A(1)(b) of the Act, by an additional 10 working days (counted
from 22 October 2021, which was the statutory date a response was initially due).
The new due date for your request is 8 November 2021. However, we wil provide a response to
you as soon as reasonably practicable.
You have the right, by way of complaint to the Of ice of the Ombudsman under section 28(3) of
the Act, to seek an investigation and review of the decision conveyed in this letter.
In the first instance, if you have any questions in respect of this response, please contact the
Border Executive Board Secretariat by email at [email address].
Yours sincerely
Fiona McKissock
Executive Director
Border Executive Board