Part 1 s 7
Privacy Act 2020
Version as at
6 December 2023
(b)
printing in a newspaper or other periodical:
(c)
broadcasting by any means:
(d)
disseminating by means of the Internet or any other electronic medium:
(e)
storing electronically in a way that is accessible to the public
responsible Minister means the Minister of Justice
serious threat means a threat that an agency reasonably believes to be a ser‐
ious threat having regard to all of the following:
(a)
the likelihood of the threat being realised; and
(b)
the severity of the consequences if the threat is realised; and
(c)
the time at which the threat may be realised
unique identifier, in relation to an individual, means an identifier other than
the individual’s name that uniquely identifies the individual
working day means any day of the week other than—
(2)
(a)
a Saturday, a Sunday, Waitangi Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday,
Anzac Day, the Sovereign’s birthday, Te Rā Aro ki a Matariki/Matariki
Observance Day, or Labour Day; or
(b)
if Waitangi Day or Anzac Day falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, the fol‐
lowing Monday; or
(c)
a day in the period commencing on 25 December in one year and ending
with 15 January in the next year.
For the purposes of this Act, a person is to be treated as ordinarily resident in
New Zealand if—
(a)
the person’s home is in New Zealand; or
(b)
the person is residing in New Zealand with the intention of residing in
New Zealand indefinitely; or
(c)
having resided in New Zealand with the intention of establishing their
home in New Zealand, or with the intention of residing in New Zealand
indefinitely, the person is outside New Zealand but intends to return to
establish their home in New Zealand or to reside in New Zealand indef‐
initely.
Compare: 1993 No 28 s 2(1)
Section 7(1) department: replaced, on 7 August 2020, by section 125(1) of the Public Service Act
2020 (2020 No 40).
Section 7(1) departmental agency: inserted, on 7 August 2020, by section 125(2) of the Public Ser‐
vice Act 2020 (2020 No 40).
Section 7(1) interdepartmental executive board: inserted, on 7 August 2020, by section 125(2) of
the Public Service Act 2020 (2020 No 40).
Section 7(1) interdepartmental venture: inserted, on 7 August 2020, by section 125(2) of the Public
Service Act 2020 (2020 No 40).
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