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Statistics Amendment Bill Government Bill As reported from the committee of the whole House This bill was formerly part of the Regulatory Reform Bill as reported from the Commerce Committee.
The committee of the whole House has further amended the bill and divided it into the following bills: • Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Amend- ment Bill comprising the enacting words, clauses 1 and 2, and Part 1 Animal Products Amendment Bill comprising Part 2 Companies Amendment Bill (No 2) comprising Part 3 Conservation Amendment Bill comprising Part 4 Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Amendment Bill comprising Part 5 and the Schedule Fisheries Amendment Bill comprising Part 6 Friendly Societies and Credit Unions Amendment Bill com- prising Part 7 Radiocommunications Amendment Bill comprising Part 8 Registered Architects Amendment Bill comprising Part 9 this bill comprising Part 10 Takeovers Amendment Bill comprising Part 11 Unit Trusts Amendment Bill comprising Part 12 • • • • • • • • • • • 269—3J 2 • Statistics Amendment Bill Wine Amendment Bill comprising Part 13 Hon John Banks Statistics Amendment Bill Government Bill Contents 1 2 106 107 108 · · · · Title Commencement · Principal Act amended Disclosure of individual schedules to other government departments for bona fide research or statistical purposes New section 45A inserted 45A Offence to use information for unauthorised purpose or fail to comply with directions · · · · · Page 1 1 2 2 3 3 The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows: 1 2 Title This Act is the Statistics Amendment Act 2012.
Commencement This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which 5 it receives the Royal assent.

· · · · · 269—3J 1 cl 106 Statistics Amendment Bill 106 Principal Act amended This Part amends the Statistics Act 1975.

107 Disclosure of individual schedules to other government (1) (2) departments for bona fide research or statistical purposes The heading to section 37C is amended by omitting “to other 5 government departments”.
Section 37C is amended by repealing subsections (1) and (2) and substituting the following subsections: “(1) Despite section 37, the Statistician may disclose individual schedules to any person if— “(a) the information contained in the schedules is to be used by that person solely for bona fide research or statistical purposes in relation to a matter of public interest; and the Statistician is satisfied that the person has the ne- cessary research experience, knowledge, and skills to 15 access and use the information contained in the sched- ules; and the disclosure is not prevented by subsection (2).
“(2) An individual schedule must not be disclosed under this sec- 10 20 tion unless— “(a) the name and address of the person or undertaking by whom or by which the schedule was supplied are deleted; and every person involved in the research or statistical pro- ject has made a statutory declaration of secrecy (similar 25 to that prescribed in section 21) declaring that the sched- ule or any information contained in it will be used only for the purposes of that research or statistical project; and the Statistician is satisfied that the security of the sched- 30 ule and any information contained in it will not be im- paired.” “(b) “(c) “(b) “(c) (3) Section 37C is amended by repealing subsection (4) and sub- stituting the following subsection: “(4) Every person to whom individual schedules are disclosed 35 under this section must— 2 Statistics Amendment Bill “(a) “(b) use the schedules and the information contained in them only for the purposes of the research or statistical pro- ject; and comply with any directions given by the Statistician re- lating to the schedules and the information contained in 5 them.” 108 New section 45A inserted The following section is inserted after section 45: “45A Offence to use information for unauthorised purpose or fail to comply with directions “(1) Every person to whom individual schedules are disclosed under section 37C commits an offence who knowingly contra- venes— “(a) “(b) section 37C(4)(b).
section 37C(4)(a); or “(2) A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $500 or, in the case of a body corporate, not exceeding $2,000.” 10 15 · · · · · Legislative history 22 August 2012 Divided from Regulatory Reform Bill (Bill 269–2) by committee of the whole House as Bill 269–3J 12 Published under the authority of the House of Representatives—2012 Wellington, New Zealand: 3