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Kia ora Requestor

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We acknowledge receipt of your request regarding Official Information Requests.

This has been forwarded to the relevant business unit for consideration and response.

You can expect a response by 6/02/2023

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Ngā mihi,
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-----Original Message-----
From: Requestor <[FOI #21462 email]>
Sent: Monday, 19 December 2022 9:09 pm
To: [Ministry of Justice request email]
Subject: Official Information request - OI Requests

To: Ministry of Justice,

In keeping with sections 4 and 5 of the Official Information Act 1982 (Act) administered by your office, please respond to the following:

1. In referencing the statutory definition of 'official information' as to what constitutes a request for official information under the Act, please make available any information regarding the procedure by which a Public Service Agency may determinedly downgrade the status of a specified and formal 'official information request' to be thereafter deemed a 'business enquiry'. If there exists no such process, please provide information on the powers of Public Service Agencies authorising them to do so.

2. Please clarify, where an information request is specified with due particularity, whether the information sought may include a question on the nature of that information e.g. the information being intellectual property provided to Public Service Agencies and held thereby.

3. In assessing a request, what powers may Public Service Agencies exercise, after responding to a requestor without a direct answer, to make a determination to inform a requestor that they will not correspond further on a given matter?

4. Are Public Service Agencies authorised, after responding without a direct answer, to make a determination to inform a requestor that they will not correspond further on a given matter without good reason?

5. What action may be taken if a Public Service Agency does not understand a request and does not ask a requestor to clarify the information a requester wants to receive?

6. If there is a privacy interest concerning a request for information, and a requestor specifically states that the request is a ‘privacy request’ concerning personal information, what powers may Public Service Agencies exercise to make a determination to inform a requestor that the request will be responded to as either an ‘offical information request’ or a ‘business enquiry’?

There are six points herein this request. Please respond to all six with specificity.

Thank you,

Requestor

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Kia ora Requestor

 

Official information request on Official Information Requests.

 

I refer to your official information request dated 19^th December below.

 

We have transferred your request to the Public Service Commision (PSC).
The information to which your request relates is not held by us but is
believed to be more closely connected with the functions of PSC. In these
circumstances, we are required by section 14 of the OIA to transfer your
request.

 

You will hear further from the Public Service Commision concerning  your
request.

 

 

  Ngā mihi,

Ministerial Relations and Services

Governance and Assurance

DDI: +64 4 918 8800

Justice Centre I Aitken Street

DX Box SX 10088 I Wellington

[1]www.justice.govt.nz

 

 

 

 

 

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

From: Requestor <[2][FOI #21462 email]>

Sent: Monday, 19 December 2022 9:09 pm

To: [3][Ministry of Justice request email]

Subject: Official Information request - OI Requests

 

To: Ministry of Justice,

 

In keeping with sections 4 and 5 of the Official Information Act 1982
(Act) administered by your office, please respond to the following:

 

1. In referencing the statutory definition of 'official information' as to
what constitutes a request for official information under the Act, please
make available any information regarding the procedure by which a Public
Service Agency may determinedly downgrade the status of a specified and
formal 'official information request' to be thereafter deemed a 'business
enquiry'. If there exists no such process, please provide information on
the powers of Public Service Agencies authorising them to do so.

 

2. Please clarify, where an information request is specified with due
particularity, whether the information sought may include a question on
the nature of that information e.g. the information being intellectual
property provided to Public Service Agencies and held thereby.

 

3. In assessing a request, what powers may Public Service Agencies
exercise, after responding to a requestor without a direct answer, to make
a determination to inform a requestor that they will not correspond
further on a given matter?

 

4. Are Public Service Agencies authorised, after responding without a
direct answer, to make a determination to inform a requestor that they
will not correspond further on a given matter without good reason?

 

5. What action may be taken if a Public Service Agency does not understand
a request and does not ask a requestor to clarify the information a
requester wants to receive?

 

6. If there is a privacy interest concerning a request for information,
and a requestor specifically states that the request is a ‘privacy
request’ concerning personal information, what powers may Public Service
Agencies exercise to make a determination to inform a requestor that the
request will be responded to as either an ‘offical information request’ or
a ‘business enquiry’?

 

There are six points herein this request. Please respond to all six with
specificity.

 

Thank you,

 

Requestor

 

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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

 

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:

[4][FOI #21462 email]

 

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Dear Requester

 

See attached a copy of our response to your request which was transferred
to us from the Ministry of Justice.

 

Regards,

 

Enquiries Team

īmēra: [1][email address]

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

From: Requestor <[8][FOI #21462 email]>

Sent: Monday, 19 December 2022 9:09 pm

To: [9][Ministry of Justice request email]

Subject: Official Information request - OI Requests

 

To: Ministry of Justice,

 

In keeping with sections 4 and 5 of the Official Information Act 1982
(Act) administered by your office, please respond to the following:

 

1. In referencing the statutory definition of 'official information' as to
what constitutes a request for official information under the Act, please
make available any information regarding the procedure by which a Public
Service Agency may determinedly downgrade the status of a specified and
formal 'official information request' to be thereafter deemed a 'business
enquiry'. If there exists no such process, please provide information on
the powers of Public Service Agencies authorising them to do so.

 

2. Please clarify, where an information request is specified with due
particularity, whether the information sought may include a question on
the nature of that information e.g. the information being intellectual
property provided to Public Service Agencies and held thereby.

 

3. In assessing a request, what powers may Public Service Agencies
exercise, after responding to a requestor without a direct answer, to make
a determination to inform a requestor that they will not correspond
further on a given matter?

 

4. Are Public Service Agencies authorised, after responding without a
direct answer, to make a determination to inform a requestor that they
will not correspond further on a given matter without good reason?

 

5. What action may be taken if a Public Service Agency does not understand
a request and does not ask a requestor to clarify the information a
requester wants to receive?

 

6. If there is a privacy interest concerning a request for information,
and a requestor specifically states that the request is a ‘privacy
request’ concerning personal information, what powers may Public Service
Agencies exercise to make a determination to inform a requestor that the
request will be responded to as either an ‘offical information request’ or
a ‘business enquiry’?

 

There are six points herein this request. Please respond to all six with
specificity.

 

Thank you,

 

Requestor

 

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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

 

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:

[10][FOI #21462 email]

 

Is [11][Ministry of Justice request email] the wrong address for Official Information
requests to Ministry of Justice? If so, please contact us using this form:

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Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:

[13]https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...

 

If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please
ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA
page.

 

 

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