New Zealand Legislation: Regulations

21 Confidentiality of information

• (1) No officer or employee of SNZI, or any person involved in collecting levy money (such as a collection agent), may disclose any information obtained—

  • (a) under or because of this order; or

  • (b) under the Commodity Levies Act 1990 in relation to this order.

  (2) Subclause (1) does not affect or prevent the disclosure of information—

  • (a) to an officer or employee of SNZI; or

  • (b) with the consent of every identifiable person to whom it relates; or

  • (c) for statistical or research purposes, if the information is disclosed in a form that does not identify any person; or

  • (d) that is required by law.

  (3) Subclause (1) does not affect or prevent the disclosure of information for the purposes of—

  • (a) complying with section 17(1) or 25 of the Commodity Levies Act 1990; or

  • (b) giving evidence in any legal proceedings taken under or in relation to this order; or

  • (c) issuing invoices for, or collecting, the levy.