Official Information Act 1982 guidelines : Contents
Official Information Act 1982 guidelines
The purpose of the Official Information Act 1982 is to increase the availability of official information in order to:
- enable more effective participation in the making and administration of laws and policies
- promote the accountability of Government Ministers and Officials
- enhance respect for the law and to promote the good government of New Zealand
- protect official information to the extent that it is consistent with the public interest and the preservation of personal privacy
For more information see:
- Defining official information
- Providing official information
- Declining a request for official information
- Access reasons for decisions affecting a person Requests about the reasons for a decision
