IR-01-23-10510
1982
2 May 2023
Act
Mason Helm
[FYI request #20978 email]
Dear Mason
Thank you for your Of icial Information Act 1982 (OIA) request of 4 April 2023,
Information where you
requested the following information which I have separated into individual questions for the
appropriate responses:
1. Can you please identify what subsection under section 71A of the Health Act 1956 the
Police purportedly exercised to authorize these two live alerts?
Official
Section 71A of the Health Act 1956 authorises Police to undertake a number of duties in
order to assist a Medical Of icer of Health. All subsections are relevant in the context of this
question.
the
2. If it was a power of assistance under s 70, can you please identify which one.
Section 71A is the empowering section.
My understanding of these specific alerts was t
under
hat they were recorded in the stolen VOI
subset of the NIA to allow for automatic transmission to Auror and vGRID, due to vGRID's
lack of 'active detection capability' at the time. Hence the ordinary portal within the ANPR
applications for including sufficient information for the third party to make a decision on
IPP11 was available.
Police
3. If IPP11 was citied in a request to Auror and vGRID, did they receive an opportunity to
consider the information request prior to releasing data or was it an automated process?
The entering of the vehicle num
NZ ber plates into the Police vehicle of interest subset database
(for stolen vehicles) enabled the vehicles to be included in the active detection capability of
the ANPR platforms. by
When a third party agrees with the platform provider to use the automated sharing
functionality provided by the platforms to disclose ANPR data to the Police, they elect to do
so on the basis that the disclosure requirements set out in IPP 11 will be met.
Disclosed
Tamaki Makaurau – Information Request Team
Piki Ki Te Ao, 482 Great South Road, Otahuhu, Auckland
Telephone: 09 839 0634. Email : [email address]
As this process is automated by the platform provider to receive ANPR data, Police ensure
that their collection methods are lawful and fair and have policies and procedures in place to
ensure Police requests for ANPR data meet the third parties’ expectations and obligations
for disclosing that information.
4. Can you please provide the documentation surrounding this transact including the
request and its communication.
No documentation in relation to this ‘transact’ exists therefore this portion of your request is
refused pursuant to s18(e) – that the information requested does not exist.
You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review my decision if you are not satisfied with
the response to your request. Information about how to request a review is available at:
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
Yours sincerely
L Cleaver
Information Requests
by NZ Police under the Official Information Act 1982
Disclosed
Tamaki Makaurau – Information Request Team
Piki Ki Te Ao, 482 Great South Road, Otahuhu, Auckland
Telephone: 09 839 0634. Email : [email address]