New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
Reprint as at 1 November 2010
| Public Act | 1987 No 174 |
| Date of assent | 17 July 1987 |
| Commencement | see section 1(2) |
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.
This Act is administered by the Department of Internal Affairs.
1 Short Title and commencement
Part 1
Access to local authority information
6 Conclusive reasons for withholding official information
7 Other reasons for withholding official information
8 Information concerning existence of certain information
9 Exclusion of public interest immunity
Part 2
Requests for access to information held by local authorities
16 Deletion of information from documents
17A Requests involving substantial collation or research
17B Duty to consider consulting person if request likely to be refused under section 17(e) or (f)
18 Reason for refusal to be given
Part 3
Publication of, and access to, certain documents and information
19 Publication setting out functions of local authorities [Repealed]
20 Right of access to publication published under section 19 [Repealed]
21 Right of access to internal rules affecting decisions
22 Right of access by person to reasons for decisions affecting that person
Part 4
Right of access to personal information
23 Right of access to personal information
26 Reasons for refusal of requests for personal information
Decisions under Part 2 and section 8
28 Application of Ombudsmen Act 1975
29 Requirements of Ombudsman to be complied with within certain period
29A Consultation with Privacy Commissioner
30 Procedure after investigation
31 Disclosure of certain information not to be recommended
32 Recommendations made to local authorities
33 Requirements in relation to decision
36 Complainant to be informed of result of investigation
37 Restriction on application for review
Decisions under Part 3 or Part 4
38 Application of Ombudsmen Act 1975
39 Ombudsman may require publication of summary of report
40 Saving in respect of Ombudsmen Act 1975
Part 6
Miscellaneous provisions relating to access to official information
41 Protection against certain actions
42 Delegation of powers by local authority
43 Delegation of powers by officers
44A Land information memorandum
Part 7
Local authority meetings
46 Meetings of local authorities to be publicly notified
46A Availability of agendas and reports
47 Admission of public to meetings of local authorities
48 Right of local authorities to exclude public
49 Provisions applying when meeting open to public
51 Right of public to inspect or receive copies of minutes of meeting
51A Public notification of resolution at extraordinary meeting
52 Defamatory matter in copy of agenda or additional particulars supplied to public or in minutes of meeting
53 Oral statements at local authority meetings privileged
54 This Part to prevail over other enactments
Part 8
Miscellaneous provisions
56 Power to amend Schedules 1 and 2 by Order in Council
57 Consequential amendments to other enactments
Schedule 1
Local authorities to which Parts 1 to 7 apply
Schedule 2
Local authorities (additional to those named in Schedule 1) to which Part 7 applies
An Act to make official information held by local authorities more freely available, to provide for proper access by each person to official information relating to that person which is held by local authorities, to provide for the admission of the public to meetings of local authorities, to protect official information held by local authorities and the deliberations of local authorities to the extent consistent with the public interest and the preservation of personal privacy, and to establish procedures for the achievement of those purposes
