36AMinister may arrange for use of computer programs to make decisions etc.

#### 36A Minister may arrange for use of computer programs to make decisions etc. (1) The Minister may arrange for the use, under the Minister’s control, of computer programs for any purposes for which the Minister may, or must, under this Act or the regulations: (a) make a decision; or (b) exercise any power, or comply with any obligation; or (c) do anything else related to making a decision, exercising a power, or complying with an obligation. (2) The Minister is taken to have: (a) made a decision; or (b) exercised a power, or complied with an obligation; or (c) done something else related to the making of a decision, the exercise of a power, or the compliance with an obligation; that was made, exercised, complied with, or done (as the case requires) by the operation of a computer program under an arrangement made under subsection (1).