Part 5 s 78A
Crimes Act 1961
Version as at
6 November 2021
(f)
a branch or post, outside New Zealand, of a department or organisation;
or
(g)
an unincorporated body (being a board, council, committee, subcommit‐
tee, or other body)—
(i)
which is established for the purpose of assisting or advising, or
performing functions connected with, any department or Minister
of the Crown or organisation; and
(ii)
which is so established in accordance with the provisions of any
enactment or by any department or Minister of the Crown or
organisation,—
is entitled to have in its or his or her possession by virtue of its or his or her
rights as the owner, hirer, lessee, bailee, or custodian of that object
official information—
(a)
(b)
(c)
means any information held by—
(i)
a department; or
(ii)
a Minister of the Crown in his or her official capacity; or
(iii)
an organisation; or
(iv)
an officer or employee of any department or organisation in his or
her capacity as such an officer or employee or in his or her cap‐
acity as a statutory officer; or
(v)
an independent contractor engaged by any department or Minister
of the Crown or organisation in his or her capacity as such con‐
tractor; and
includes any information held outside New Zealand by any branch or
post of—
(i)
a department; or
(ii)
an organisation; and
includes any information held by an unincorporated body (being a board,
council, committee, subcommittee, or other body)—
(i)
which is established for the purpose of assisting or advising, or
performing functions connected with, any department or Minister
of the Crown or organisation; and
(ii)
which is so established in accordance with the provisions of any
enactment or by any department or Minister of the Crown or
organisation
organisation means—
(a)
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an organisation named in Part 2 of Schedule 1 of the Ombudsmen Act
1975: