6Updating customer information with other agencies

6 Updating customer information with other agencies

6 Updating customer information with other agencies

(1) The Secretary may disclose information about a person, that is obtained in the course of providing a relevant function to that person, to another Government agency.

(2) The Secretary may disclose the information to the other Government agency only if the person consents to the disclosure of the information to that other agency.

(3) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the provision of consent for the purposes of this section.

(4) The Minister is not to recommend the making of a regulation under subsection (3) unless the Minister has certified that the Privacy Commissioner has been consulted on the proposed regulation.

(5) In this section—

relevant function means—

(a) a customer service function on behalf of a Government agency, or

(b) another function relating to the delivery of Government services under section 4(c).

s 6: Am 2020 No 3, Sch 2[4] [5]; 2026 No 2, Sch 1.4[2].