New Zealand Acts

ARMS ACT 1983 - SECT 38ZF

38ZF Content of direct access agreements

A direct access agreement must specify—

a) the particular information in relation to licence holders that may be accessed:

b) the particular purpose or purposes for which the information may be accessed:

c) the particular function, duty, or power being, or to be, performed or exercised by the accessing agency for which the information is required:

d) the mechanism by which the information is to be accessed:

e) the position or designation of the person or persons in the accessing agency who may access the information:

f) the records to be kept in relation to each occasion on which the registry is accessed:

g) the safeguards that are to be applied for protecting information:

h) the requirements relating to storage and disposal of information obtained from the registry:

i) that the accessing agency may use the information only in accordance with the purposes for which it was accessed:

j) the requirements for reviewing the agreement:

k) the requirement to regularly audit access to the registry.

History: Section 38ZF: inserted, on 24 June 2023, by section 63 of the Arms Legislation Act 2020 (2020 No 23).