Part 3 s 22
Privacy Act 2020
Version as at
6 December 2023
grounds that the use of the information for the secondary purpose is
necessary to enable the agency to perform any of its functions.
(1)
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Information privacy principle 11
Limits on disclosure of personal information
An agency that holds personal information must not disclose the infor‐
mation to any other agency or to any person unless the agency believes,
on reasonable grounds,—
(a)
that the disclosure of the information is one of the purposes in
connection with which the information was obtained or is
directly related to the purposes in connection with which the
information was obtained; or
(b)
that the disclosure is to the individual concerned; or
(c)
that the disclosure is authorised by the individual concerned; or
(d)
that the source of the information is a publicly available publica‐
tion and that, in the circumstances of the case, it would not be
unfair or unreasonable to disclose the information; or
(e)
that the disclosure of the information is necessary—
(i) to avoid prejudice to the maintenance of the law by any
public sector agency, including prejudice to the prevention,
detection, investigation, prosecution, and punishment of
offences; or
(ii) for the enforcement of a law that imposes a pecuniary pen‐
alty; or
(iii) for the protection of public revenue; or
(iv) for the conduct of proceedings before any court or tribunal
(being proceedings that have been commenced or are
reasonably in contemplation); or
(f)
that the disclosure of the information is necessary to prevent or
lessen a serious threat to—
(i) public health or public safety; or
(ii) the life or health of the individual concerned or another
individual; or
(g)
that the disclosure of the information is necessary to enable an
intelligence and security agency to perform any of its functions;
or
(h)
that the information—
(i) is to be used in a form in which the individual concerned is
not identified; or