sec.107Information commissioner to ensure proper disclosure and return of documents

### sec.107 Information commissioner to ensure proper disclosure and return of documents On an external review, the information commissioner must do all things necessary to ensure that any document that is given to the commissioner and is the subject of the decision being reviewed— is not disclosed to a person other than— a member of the staff of the OIC in the course of performing duties as a member of the staff; or a person who created the document or who gave the document or information in the document to the agency or Minister; or if a person mentioned in subparagraph (ii) is a participant in the review—the participant’s representative; or a relevant third party under section 107A ; and at the end of the review, is returned to the person who gave it. Despite subsection (1) (b) , if an agency or Minister gives the commissioner a copy of a document for an external review, the commissioner may destroy the copy at the end of the review. s 107 amd 2009 No. 48 s 232 (1) (amdt could not be given effect), s 232 (2) – (3) ; 2017 No. 17 s 233 ; 2023 No. 32 s 120 (sec.107-ssec.1) On an external review, the information commissioner must do all things necessary to ensure that any document that is given to the commissioner and is the subject of the decision being reviewed— is not disclosed to a person other than— a member of the staff of the OIC in the course of performing duties as a member of the staff; or a person who created the document or who gave the document or information in the document to the agency or Minister; or if a person mentioned in subparagraph (ii) is a participant in the review—the participant’s representative; or a relevant third party under section 107A ; and at the end of the review, is returned to the person who gave it. (sec.107-ssec.2) Despite subsection (1) (b) , if an agency or Minister gives the commissioner a copy of a document for an external review, the commissioner may destroy the copy at the end of the review. - (a) is not disclosed to a person other than— (i) a member of the staff of the OIC in the course of performing duties as a member of the staff; or (ii) a person who created the document or who gave the document or information in the document to the agency or Minister; or (iii) if a person mentioned in subparagraph (ii) is a participant in the review—the participant’s representative; or (iv) a relevant third party under section 107A ; and - (i) a member of the staff of the OIC in the course of performing duties as a member of the staff; or - (ii) a person who created the document or who gave the document or information in the document to the agency or Minister; or - (iii) if a person mentioned in subparagraph (ii) is a participant in the review—the participant’s representative; or - (iv) a relevant third party under section 107A ; and - (b) at the end of the review, is returned to the person who gave it. - (i) a member of the staff of the OIC in the course of performing duties as a member of the staff; or - (ii) a person who created the document or who gave the document or information in the document to the agency or Minister; or - (iii) if a person mentioned in subparagraph (ii) is a participant in the review—the participant’s representative; or - (iv) a relevant third party under section 107A ; and