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Kia ora Bernadette

I refer to your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request, reference OIA0357.

We have transferred your request to the Ministry for Social Development (MSD). This is because the information to which your request relates is not held by us but is believed to be more closely connected with the functions of MSD.

In these circumstances, we are required by section 14 of the OIA to transfer your request.

You will hear further from MSD concerning your request in due course.

Ngā mihi
Ian
Ministerial and Executive Services team
Ministry of Disabled People - Whaikaha

-----Original Message-----
From: Bernadette Edwards <[FOI #31050 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 12:28 PM
To: OIA_requests (WHAIKAHA) <[Ministry for Disabled People request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Teen with disabilities/agent

Dear Ministry for Disabled People,
18 yr old spectrum health issues agent verified on file what are the agents rights when communicating with msd on behalf of a teenager and when can msd dismiss those rights of an agent

Yours faithfully,

Bernadette Edwards

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Tçnâ koe Bernadette Edwards,

 

Thank you for your request regarding agents’ rights when communicating
with the Ministry transferred from Whaikaha on 22 May 2025, under the
Official Information Act 1982. Your request has been forwarded to the
appropriate officials at National Office to respond. You may expect a
decision regarding your request to be sent to you as soon as possible.

 

The information you have requested may contain the names and contact
details of our staff. Please let us know by 26 May 2025 whether you
require these names and contact details. We will need to consult our staff
before deciding whether we can release this information, and this will
take a bit more time. If we do not hear from you, we will assume that you
do not require staff names and contact details.

 

Ngâ manaakitanga,

 

Official Information Team   |  Ministerial and Executive Services

Ministry of Social Development | Te Manatû Whakahiato Ora

 

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