Kia ora,

Thank you for contacting the Official Information Act request mailbox for
the Ministry of Justice. 

We will endeavour to acknowledge your email within 2 working days.

You can find more information about how we can help you at our [1]Official
Information Act Requests page.

Please note that by law, when you ask for official information we have to
respond to your request as soon as reasonably practicable and no later
than 20 working days after we receive it.  However, over the holiday
period in December and January there is a three week period that doesn’t
count as ‘working days’

For Official Information Act (OIA) requests, that period is 25 December to
15 January, inclusive. That means any OIA requests submitted on 27
November or later may take a bit longer than you expected.

 

The Ministry of Justice may publish the response to your request on our
website, you can expect that if your OIA is to be published that this will
take place at least 10 working days after it has been sent you. Your name
and any other personal information will be withheld under Section 9(2)(a)
(protect the privacy of natural persons).

 

Please send any non-OIA related emails through to
o[2][email address] and any complaints through
to [3][email address]

Ngâ mihi,

Ministerial Relations and Services

Governance and Assurance

Justice Centre | Aitken Street

DX Box SX 10088 | Wellington

[4]www.justice.govt.nz

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Môrena Pip,
 
Thank you for emailing the Ministry of Justice. 
 
We acknowledge receipt of your request.
 
This has been forwarded onto the relevant business unit to respond to. 
 
The Ministry of Justice may publish the response to your request on our
website, you can expect that if your OIA is to be published that this will
take place at least 10 working days after it has been sent you. Your name
and any other personal information will be withheld under Section 9(2)(a)
(protect the privacy of natural persons). 
 
You can expect a response by 06/02/2024. This response date takes into
account the OIA summer holidays which are between 25 December 2023 – 15
January 2024 
 
Ngâ mihi, 

 
Ministerial Relations and Services
  Governance and Assurance
Justice Centre I Aitken Street
DX Box SX 10088 I Wellington
[1]www.justice.govt.nz

 
 
 
 
 
 

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Tēnā koe Pip

 

Thank you for your email of 18 December 2023, requesting, under the
Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) information regarding New Zealand
Legislation.

 

The Ministry does not record the information you have requested in a list
form, however the information you are seeking is available on the New
Zealand Legislation website. You can perform a search on the following
website for any legislation you are interested in which “authorises or
requires personal information to be made available”, in line with section
24 of the Privacy Act 2020:

 

[1]https://www.legislation.govt.nz/

 

As the information you have requested is available online, your request is
refused under section 18(d) of the Act, on the grounds that the
information is publicly available.

 

If you require any further information, please contact Media & Social
Media Manager Joe Locke at [2][email address].

 

If you are not satisfied with this response, you have the right to make a
complaint to the Ombudsman under section 28(3) of the Act. The Office of
the Ombudsman may be contacted by email to [3][email address]
or by phone on 0800 802 602.

 

Ngā mihi

   

Ministerial Relations and Services

Governance and Assurance

Justice Centre, Aitken Street

[4]www.justice.govt.nz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Tēnā koe Pip

Thank you for your email.

There are any number of Acts which will contain provisions which will authorise or require personal information to be made available. However they won't directly reference section 24 of the Privacy Act, as the authorisation/requirement is not being made under the Privacy Act but under the Act which you are searching for. When searching on the New Zealand Legislation website, you will need to search for wording in Acts you are interested in, that refer to making personal information available. You can search these key words in the corresponding Act you are interested in.

You may also be interested to know about a recent case that cited this section. This may assist in better understanding this provision:

https://www.justice.govt.nz/assets/Docum...

We trust this information is of assistance and aids you in your search.

Ngā mihi

Ministerial Relations and Services
Governance and Assurance
Justice Centre, Aitken Street
www.justice.govt.nz

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