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26 January 2026
Blair Stewart
By email only to:
[FYI request #33474 email]
Tēnā koe
Official Information Act Request (Our Ref: OIA/0499)
We refer to your Official Information Act request of 9 January 2026.
You request:
The first two parts of the request update a request you replied to on 30 May 2024 (your ref:
OIA/0361) and the third part updates a request you replied to on 2 July 2024 (your ref:
OIA/0371).
1 Exercise of 'new' enforcement powers
This part of the request is focused upon the numbers of times the enforcement powers
introduced by the 2020 Act have been exercised.
(a) Since 1 June 2024, how many times has the Commissioner issued an access direction
under s 93.
Response: 0
(b) Since 1 June 2024, how many times has the Commissioner issued a compliance notice
under s 123.
Response: once
(c) Did the draft compliance notices issued in October 2023 and February 2024 result in
issue of compliance notices? Have further draft compliance notices been issued that
are not included in (b) above.
Response: No and no.
2 Exercise of other powers
I would like confirmation of whether other enforcement powers have been exercised. As I
expect the answer in each case is likely to be negative all I ask is whether the provisions
have been exercised. If the powers have been exercised, I may seek further information.
Have any of the following powers been exercised since 1 June 2024?
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(a) Grant of authorisation under s 30.
(b) Grant of authorisation under s 67.
(c) Report breach of duty or misconduct under s 96.
(d) Commencement of a prosecution, or referral to police, in relation to any offence under
the Act.
(e) Commencement of proceedings under s 130.
(f) Issue of a transfer prohibition notice under s 193.
Response (a)-(f): None of the above powers have been exercised since 1 June 2024.
3 Referral to the Director of Human Rights Proceedings
Please advise how many referrals were made to the Director of Human Rights Proceedings
in 2024/25 and 2025/26 (to date).
Response: 0
Please note that if you are not satisfied with this response to your request, under section 28
of the Of icial Information Act 1982 you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate
and review our decision on your request.
Nāku iti noa, nā
Liz MacPherson
Deputy Privacy Commissioner
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