Malcolm France
[FYI request #18001 email]
Ref. CHOIA204
Dear Malcolm,
Response to your request for official information Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) on 20 December
2021 for:
Why is the vaccine certificate not called an Immunity Certificate and not include natural
immunity under the "COVID-19 Response (Vaccinations) Legislation Act 2021" and
the "COVID-19 Public Health Response (COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate) Order
2021" , like most other western countries do ?
What studys, (sic) data , information etc were used by parliament whether relied on or
not to pass the COVID-19 Response (Vaccinations) Legislation Act 2021, regarding
excluding natural immunity ? Please supply copies of all of it.
What studys, (sic) data , information etc did you use whether you relied on or not to
make this COVID-19 Public Health Response (COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate)
Order 2021 , regarding excluding natural immunity ? Please supply copies of all of it.
After a search of our records, my office has not found any information within scope of your
request. Nor does the Act support requests where a statement – such as the policy decisions
of another nation – are put to agency for response, couched as a request for official
information. Therefore, your request is refused under section 18(g)(i) of the Act, as the
information sought is not held by my office and there are no grounds for believing it is held by
another agency.
I trust this information fulfils your request. Under section 28(3) of the Act, you have the right to
ask the Ombudsman to review any decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may
be contacted by email at:
[email address] or by calling 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Chris Hipkins
Minister for COVID-19 Response