Version as at
6 December 2023
Privacy Act 2020
Part 1 s 7
(a)
being a commercial operation; or
(b)
having a place of business in New Zealand; or
(c)
receiving any monetary payment for the supply of goods or services; or
(d)
intending to make a profit from its business in New Zealand.
(4)
Subpart 3 of Part 7 also applies to a court in relation to its judicial functions.
(5)
Section 212 applies to—
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(a)
a New Zealand agency:
(b)
an overseas agency:
(c)
an individual who is present in New Zealand:
(d)
a person who is outside New Zealand if—
(i)
any act or omission forming part of any offence under section 212
occurs in New Zealand; or
(ii)
any event necessary to the completion of any offence under sec‐
tion 212 occurs in New Zealand.
Transitional, savings, and related provisions
The transitional, savings, and related provisions set out in Schedule 1 have
effect according to their terms.
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Act binds the Crown
This Act binds the Crown.
Compare: 1993 No 28 s 5
Subpart 2—Interpretation and related matters
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Interpretation
(1)
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
action includes failure to act, and also includes any policy or practice
agency means a person described in section 4 to whom this Act applies
binding scheme means an internationally recognised scheme in which the par‐
ticipants agree to be bound by—
(a)
specified measures for protecting personal information that is collected,
held, used, and disclosed; and
(b)
mechanisms for enforcing compliance with those measures
Chairperson means the Chairperson of the Human Rights Review Tribunal,
and includes a Deputy Chairperson of the Tribunal
code of practice means a code of practice issued by the Commissioner under
section 32
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