Part 2 s 18 Privacy Act 2020 Version as at 6 December 2023 whether the information is maintained according to the information pri‐ vacy principles: (m) to monitor the operation of this Act and consider whether any amend‐ ments to this Act are necessary or desirable: (n) to report to the responsible Minister on the results of— (o) (p) (2) (3) (i) any examination conducted under paragraph (g): (ii) the monitoring undertaken under paragraph (h): (iii) the research and monitoring undertaken under paragraph (j): (iv) the monitoring and consideration undertaken under paragraph (m): to report to the Prime Minister on— (i) any matter affecting the privacy of individuals, including the need for, or desirability of, taking legislative, administrative, or other action to give protection or better protection to the privacy of indi‐ viduals: (ii) the desirability of New Zealand accepting any international instru‐ ment relating to the privacy of individuals: (iii) any other matter relating to the privacy of individuals that, in the Commissioner’s opinion, should be drawn to the Prime Minister’s attention: to gather any information that will assist in carrying out the functions in paragraphs (a) to (o). The Commissioner may at any time, if it is in the public interest or in the inter‐ ests of any person or body of persons to do so, publish— (a) reports relating generally to the performance of the Commissioner’s functions under this Act: (b) reports relating to any case or cases investigated by the Commissioner. Subsection (2) applies regardless of whether the matters to be dealt with in a report under that subsection have been the subject of a report to the responsible Minister or the Prime Minister. Compare: 1993 No 28 ss 13(1), (2), 26(1) Section 17(1)(g): amended, on 28 October 2021, by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7). 18 Other functions of Commissioner (1) The responsible Minister may, for any of the following purposes, request the Commissioner to provide advice on whether a binding scheme requires a for‐ eign person or entity to protect personal information in a way that, overall, pro‐ vides comparable safeguards to those in this Act: 22