Official Information Act 1982

• Jurisdiction: New Zealand
• Citation: 1982 No 156
• Reference: 1982 No 156
• Record Number: DLM64784
• Act Number: 156
• Type of Document: Act

Contenidos

• Official Information Act 1982
• Preamble
• Contents
• 1 Short Title and commencement
• 2 Interpretation
• 3 Act to bind the Crown
• Part 1
• 4 Purposes
• 5 Principle of availability
• 6 Conclusive reasons for withholding official information
• 7 Special reasons for withholding official information related to the Cook Islands, Tokelau, or Niue, or the Ross Dependency
• 8 Special reasons for withholding official information related to competitive commercial activities
• 9 Other reasons for withholding official information
• 10 Information concerning existence of certain information
• 11 Exclusion of public interest immunity
• Part 2
• 12 Requests
• 13 Assistance
• 14 Transfer of requests
• 15 Decisions on requests
• 15A Extension of time limits
• 16 Documents
• 17 Deletion of information from documents
• 18 Refusal of requests
• 18A Requests involving substantial collation or research
• 18B Duty to consider consulting person if request likely to be refused under section 18(e) or (f)
• 19 Reason for refusal to be given
• Part 3
• 20 Publication setting out functions of public service agencies and organisations
• 21 Right of access to certain official information
• 22 Right of access to internal rules affecting decisions
• 23 Right of access by person to reasons for decisions affecting that person
• Part 4
• 24 Right of access to personal information
• 24A Restriction where person sentenced to imprisonment
• 25 Precautions
• 26 Correction of information
• 27 Reasons for refusal of requests for personal information
• Part 5
• 28 Functions of Ombudsmen
• 29 Application of Ombudsmen Act 1975
• 29A Requirements of Ombudsman to be complied with within certain period
• 29B Consultation with Privacy Commissioner
• 30 Procedure after investigation
• 31 Disclosure of certain information not to be recommended
• 32 Recommendations made to public service agency or Minister of the Crown or organisation
• 32A Requirements in relation to Order in Council
• 32B Right of review
• 32C Appeals
• 33 Complainant to be informed of result of investigation
• 34 Restriction on application for review
• 35 Application of Ombudsmen Act 1975
• 36 Saving in respect of Ombudsmen Act 1975
• Part 6
• 37 Establishment of Information Authority
• 38 Functions and powers of Authority
• 39 Functions in respect of personal information
• 40 Membership of Authority
• 41 Term of office of members of Authority
• 42 Regulations providing for access to information
• 43 Provision for disallowance of regulations providing for access to information
• 44 Annual report
• 45 Offences
• Part 7
• 46 Assistance of Ministry of Justice
• 47 Regulations
• 48 Protection against certain actions
• 49 Power to amend Schedule 1 by Order in Council
• 50 Consequential amendments to other enactments
• 51 Repeal
• 52 Savings
• 53 Expiration of provisions relating to Information Authority
• Schedules
• 1 Organisations (additional to those named in Schedule 1 of the Ombudsmen Act 1975) to which this Act applies
• 2 Provisions relating to Information Authority
• 3 Enactments amended
• Higher Salaries Commission Act 1977 (1977 No 110)
• Human Rights Commission Act 1977 (1977 No 49)
• Liquid Fuels Trust Act 1978 (1978 No 53)
• New Zealand Security Intelligence Service Act 1969 (1969 No 24)
• Race Relations Act 1971 (1971 No 150)
• Securities Act 1978 (1978 No 103)
• Wanganui Computer Centre Act 1976 (1976 No 19)
• 1 General
• 2 Legal status
• 3 Editorial and format changes
• 4 Amendments incorporated in this consolidation

Official Information Act 1982

The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.

This Act is administered by the Ministry of Justice.

Preamble

An Act to make official information more freely available, to provide for proper access by each person to official information relating to that person, to protect official information to the extent consistent with the public interest and the preservation of personal privacy, to establish procedures for the achievement of those purposes, and to repeal the Official Secrets Act 1951

Contents

1 Short Title and commencement

This Act may be cited as the Official Information Act 1982.

Except as provided in subsection (3), this Act shall come into...