What the official record says
This Act is the Privacy (Cross-border Information) Amendment Act . This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent. The purpose of this Act is to— remove the current restrictions on who may make an information privacy request; and enable public sector agencies to charge for making personal information available to overseas foreign nationals; and provide for the referral of cross-border complaints to the appropriate privacy enforcement authority; and establish a mechanism for controlling the transfer of information outside of New Zealand where the information has been routed through New Zealand to circumvent the privacy laws of the country from where the information originated. This Part amends the Privacy Act 1993. Section 34 is repealed and the fo