New Zealand Acts

IMMIGRATION ACT 2009 - SECT 294AAA

294AAA Obligation of immigration officer and Department not to disclose information

An immigration officer who is provided with a document (or a copy of a document) under section 275A and the Department may not disclose any information obtained as a result, unless the disclosure is—

a) in accordance with section 294AAB ; and

b) for the purposes of one of the following Acts:

i) this Act:

ii) the Employment Relations Act 2000 :

iii) the Equal Pay Act 1972 :

iv) the Holidays Act 2003 :

v) the Home and Community Support (Payment for Travel Between Clients) Settlement Act 2016 :

vi) the Minimum Wage Act 1983 :

vii) the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987 :

viii) the Support Workers (Pay Equity) Settlements Act 2017 :

ix) the Volunteers Employment Protection Act 1973 :

x) the Wages Protection Act 1983 .

Note: 2000 No 24 s 233A

History: Section 294AAA: inserted, on 6 January 2024, by section 5 of the Worker Protection (Migrant and Other Employees) Act 2023 (2023 No 36).