Reprint as at 1 August 2020
(LI 2019/75)
Patsy Reddy, Governor-General
At Wellington this 15th day of April 2019
Present:Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council
Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.
Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.
This order is administered by the Ministry of Social Development.
This order is made under sections 96J to 96L of the Privacy Act 1993—
on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council; and
on the recommendation of the Minister for Social Development made in accordance with section 96N of that Act.
This order is the Privacy (Information Sharing Agreement between Ministry of Social Development and New Zealand Customs Service) Order 2019.
This order comes into force on 20 May 2019.
(1)
In this order, unless the context otherwise requires,—
Act means the Privacy Act 1993
agreement means the information sharing agreement approved under clause 4
beneficiary means a person who has been granted a benefit
benefit has the same meaning as in Schedule 2 of the Social Security Act 2018 and also includes—
a student allowance; and
special assistance granted under a programme approved under section 100 or 101 of the Social Security Act 2018
information privacy principle means an information privacy principle in section 6 of the Act
MSD means the Ministry of Social Development
New Zealand superannuation has the same meaning as in Schedule 2 of the Social Security Act 2018
New Zealand travel document has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Passports Act 1992
NZ Customs means the New Zealand Customs Service
personal information has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Act
student allowance means an allowance paid under regulations made under section 645 of the Education and Training Act 2020
veteran’s pension has the same meaning as in Schedule 2 of the Social Security Act 2018.
(2)
Any term that is used but not defined in this order has the same meaning as in Part 9A of the Act.
Clause 3(1) student allowance: amended, on 1 August 2020, by section 668 of the Education and Training Act 2020 (2020 No 38).
The information sharing agreement described in subclause (2) is approved.
The information sharing agreement is the Information Sharing Agreement between the Ministry of Social Development and the New Zealand Customs Service made on 1 April 2019.
(3)
The agreement comes into force on the day on which this order comes into force.
The parties to the agreement are—
MSD; and
NZ Customs.
The lead agency is MSD.
The agreement authorises the sharing of personal information for the following purposes:
to verify the entitlement or eligibility of any beneficiary travelling overseas to receive a benefit:
to verify the amount of any benefit that—
a beneficiary travelling overseas is entitled or eligible to receive; or
a beneficiary who has travelled overseas was entitled or eligible to receive:
to avoid the overpayment of benefits and debts to the Crown being incurred by beneficiaries travelling overseas:
to enable the recovery of any debt due to the Crown by a beneficiary.
The public services that the agreement is intended to facilitate are—
the accurate and efficient assessment of the entitlement or eligibility of any beneficiary travelling overseas to receive a benefit:
the reduction in the amount of money owed by beneficiaries to the Crown.
The personal information about an individual that NZ Customs may share with MSD is the following information that NZ Customs collects from individuals departing from or arriving in New Zealand:
the individual’s full name:
the individual’s date of birth:
the individual’s gender:
the individual’s nationality:
the individual’s citizenship:
the number of the individual’s New Zealand travel document:
the individual’s flight or craft details:
the port where the individual boarded their plane or craft:
the port where the individual disembarked from their plane or craft:
the unique number generated for the individual’s movement by the NZ Customs’ computer systems:
the time, date, and place of the individual’s—
departure from New Zealand; or
arrival in New Zealand.
MSD may use the personal information described in clause 8 for 1 or more of the purposes stated in clause 6.
Subclause (2) exempts MSD from information privacy principle 2.
It is not a breach of information privacy principle 2 if—
personal information is collected by MSD from NZ Customs; and
the collection of that information is—
in accordance with the agreement; and
for any of the purposes stated in clause 6.
Subclause (2) exempts MSD from information privacy principle 10.
It is not a breach of information privacy principle 10 if—
personal information that is collected by MSD from NZ Customs is used by MSD; and
the use of that information is—
in accordance with clause 9.
Subclause (2) exempts NZ Customs and MSD from information privacy principle 11.
It is not a breach of information privacy principle 11 if—
personal information is disclosed by NZ Customs to MSD; and
the disclosure of the information is—
NZ Customs will not take any adverse action as a result of the sharing of personal information under the agreement.
The adverse actions that MSD can reasonably be expected to take in relation to any beneficiary as a result of the sharing of personal information under the agreement are—
to investigate the beneficiary’s entitlement or eligibility to receive a benefit:
to assess whether the beneficiary’s obligations in relation to the receipt of any benefit have been met:
to suspend the beneficiary’s benefit:
to recover from the beneficiary any benefit payment that the beneficiary is not entitled or eligible to receive.
Before MSD takes any adverse action as a result of the sharing of personal information under the agreement, MSD must take reasonable steps to confirm the accuracy of the information.
The agreement provides that (in reliance on section 96R(a)(ii) of the Act) MSD may, in the following circumstances, take any adverse action described in clause 13(2)(a) to (c) against a beneficiary without giving written notice to the beneficiary as required by section 96Q of the Act:
the adverse action relates to the beneficiary’s entitlement or eligibility to receive a benefit other than—
New Zealand superannuation; or
a veteran’s pension; or
immediately after any decision is made to suspend the payment of a benefit to the beneficiary, MSD gives written notice to the beneficiary of—
details of the personal information about the beneficiary on which the decision to take the adverse action was based; and
the right to apply for a review of the decision.
The agreement provides that, in any other circumstances, MSD must give written notice to a beneficiary in accordance with section 96Q of the Act before taking any of the adverse actions described in clause 13.
A copy of the agreement is available online at http://www.msd.govt.nz and http://www.customs.govt.nz
A copy of the agreement is also available at MSD, 56 The Terrace, Wellington 6011.
This clause amends the Privacy Act 1993.
In Schedule 2A, after the item relating to the information sharing agreement between the New Zealand Gang Intelligence Centre Agencies, insert the item set out in the Schedule of this order.
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the accurate and efficient assessment of the entitlement to, or the eligibility for, any benefit:
http://www.msd.govt.nz
http://www.customs.govt.nz
Michael Webster,Clerk of the Executive Council.
Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.
Date of notification in Gazette: 18 April 2019.
This is a reprint of the Privacy (Information Sharing Agreement between Ministry of Social Development and New Zealand Customs Service) Order 2019 that incorporates all the amendments to that order as at the date of the last amendment to it.
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Education and Training Act 2020 (2020 No 38): section 668