Births and Deaths Registration Amendment Act 1991
Births and Deaths Registration Amendment Act 1991
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Births and Deaths Registration Amendment Act 1991
Births and Deaths Registration Amendment Act 1991
Public Act |
1991 No 127 |
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Date of assent |
18 December 1991 |
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Contents
An Act to amend the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1951
BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows:
1 Short Title and commencement
(1)
This Act may be cited as the Births and Deaths Registration Amendment Act 1991, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1951.
(2)
This Act shall come into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
2 New sections inserted
The Births and Deaths Registration Act 1951 is hereby amended by inserting, after section 41, the following sections:
“41a Disclosure of information to Department of Social Welfare
“(1)
In this section, unless the context otherwise requires, the term ‘benefit’ has the same meaning as in section 3(1) of the Social Security Act 1964; and includes—
“(a)
A lump sum payable under section 61db or section 61dc or section 61dd of that Act:
“(b)
Any special assistance granted out of the Crown Bank Account from money appropriated by Parliament under section 124(1)(d) or (da) of that Act.
“(2)
The purpose of this section is to facilitate the disclosure of information by the Registrar-General to the Department of Social Welfare for the purposes of verifying—
“(a)
The entitlement or eligibility of any person to or for any benefit; or
“(b)
The amount of any benefit to which any person is or was entitled or for which any person is or was eligible.
“(3)
For the purpose of this section, the Director-General of Social Welfare may from time to time, in accordance with arrangements made from time to time between the Registrar-General and the Director-General, request the Registrar-General to supply, in respect of any person who is receiving or has received any benefit, or who is an applicant for any benefit, any information held by the Registrar-General for the purposes of this Act, whether the information requested relates directly to that person or relates to any other person.
“(4)
Every request made under subsection (3) of this section shall be in writing.
“(5)
On receiving a request made under subsection (3) of this section, the Registrar-General may cause a search to be made of any index or register kept by him or her, and supply to any officer or employee or agent of the Department of Social Welfare authorised in that behalf by the Director-General of Social Welfare the information requested (if any).
“(6)
Information may be supplied by the Registrar-General under subsection (5) of this section by—
“(a)
Supplying a certified copy of a document in the custody of the Registrar-General:
“(b)
Verifying an item in an entry of registration of birth or death.
“41b Disclosure of information to Accident Compensation Corporation
(1)
In this section, unless the context otherwise requires,—
“‘Corporation’ means the Accident Compensation Corporation:
“‘Earnings related compensation’ has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Accident Compensation Act 1982.
“(2)
The purpose of this section is to facilitate the disclosure of information by the Registrar-General to the Corporation for the purposes of verifying—
“(a)
The entitlement or eligibility of any person to or for earnings related compensation; or
“(b)
The amount of earnings related compensation to which any person is or was entitled or for which any person is or was eligible.
“(3)
For the purpose of this section, the Managing Director of the Corporation may from time to time, in accordance with arrangements made from time to time between the Registrar-General and the Managing Director, request the Registrar-General to supply, in respect of any person who is or was receiving earnings related compensation, or who is an applicant for earnings related compensation, any information held by the Registrar-General and that relates to the death of that person or any person whom that person purports to be.
“(4)
Every request made under subsection (3) of this section shall be in writing.
“(5)
On receiving a request made under subsection (3) of this section, the Registrar-General may cause a search to be made of any index or register kept by him or her, and supply to any officer or employee or agent of the Corporation authorised in that behalf by the Managing Director of the Corporation the information requested (if any).
“(6)
Information may be supplied by the Registrar-General under subsection (5) of this section by—
“(a)
Supplying a certified copy of a document in the custody of the Registrar-General:
“(b)
Verifying an item in an entry of registration of death.
“41c Registrar-General may authorise access to information
Subject to section 41d of this Act, the Registrar-General may—
“(a)
On any terms and conditions the Registrar-General thinks fit, authorise the chief executive of any Government agency to have access to information recorded under this Act or a former Act and stored on a computer under the Registrar-General’s control:
“(b)
Withdraw any authority under paragraph (a) of this section.
“41d Limitations on access
The Registrar-General shall not give authority under section 41c of this Act unless satisfied that the terms and conditions on which it is given, and the physical and electronic means by which access will be gained under it, are such that the Government agency concerned—
“(a)
Has no ability to add information to, delete information from, or modify, information recorded under this Act or a former Act; and
“(b)
Has no access to any such information except by reference to a named person to whom the information relates; and
“(c)
Has (in relation to any named person) access only to information that would appear on a birth certificate or death certificate for the person, sought by a stranger without the person’s consent.
“41e Health or demographic research or collection of statistics
If satisfied, in respect of access not complying with paragraph (b) of section 41d of this Act (but complying with the rest of that section), that—
“(a)
The information to which access is required will be used only for genuine health or demographic research or the collection of statistics; and
“(b)
Information relating to particular individuals is not sought and will not be retained; and
“(c)
It is in the public interest that the access should be given,—
the Registrar-General may, in the Registrar-General’s absolute discretion, give an authority under section 41c of this Act enabling that access.”
This Act is administered in the Department of Justice.
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