New Zealand Legislation: Regulations
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2008/414
Anand Satyanand, Governor-General
At Wellington this 20th day of October 2008
Present:
The Right Hon Helen Clark presiding in Council
Pursuant to section 88(1)(ab) to (ad) of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 1995, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.
These regulations are the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration (Non-Disclosure Direction) Regulations 2008.
These regulations come into force on 25 January 2009.
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,—
non-disclosure direction has the meaning given to it by section 73 of the Act
personal representative has the meaning given to it by section 73 of the Act
registered information means birth information, marriage information, civil union information, or name change information.
A person who is the subject of any registered information, or his or her personal representative, may request a non-disclosure direction to be made under section 75A(2)(b) of the Act on the ground that the person, or his or her personal representative, reasonably believes that disclosure of the registered information, or any part of the registered information, would be prejudicial to the personal safety of that person or his or her family.
A person who is the subject of any registered information, or his or her personal representative, may request a non-disclosure direction to be reinstated under section 75B(4)(b) of the Act on the ground that the person, or his or her personal representative, reasonably believes that disclosure of the registered information, or any part of the registered information, would be prejudicial to the personal safety of that person or his or her family.
(1) The period prescribed for the purposes of section 75B(3)(a) of the Act during which a non-disclosure direction remains in force is 5 years.
(2) However, that period will expire earlier than 5 years if—
(a) the person who is the subject of the relevant registered information sooner dies; and
(b) the Registrar-General is satisfied of that fact.
Rebecca Kitteridge,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.
These regulations, which come into force on 25 January 2009, prescribe—
the ground for requesting a non-disclosure direction to be made, or to be reinstated, under the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 1995; and
the period during which a non-disclosure direction remains in force.
Date of notification in Gazette: 23 October 2008.
These regulations are administered by the Department of Internal Affairs.