Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

PASSPORTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1998 No. 42 - REG 2

2.1 After Regulation 11, insert: Disclosure of information to New Zealand
Customs Service

"12. (1) The Minister may disclose to the Comptroller of the New Zealand
Customs Service ('NZCS') information mentioned in subregulation (2) to allow
NZCS to check any of the following documents (a 'travel document') to control
passenger movement into New Zealand:

   (a)  Australian passports;

   (b)  convention travel documents issued under regulation 8;

   (c)  certificates of identity issued under regulation 9;

   (d)  documents of identity issued under regulation 10.

"(2) The information is:

   (a)  the travel document number; and

   (b)  the citizenship of the holder of a travel document; and

   (c)  the family name, given name and sex of the holder of a travel
        document; and

   (d)  the date of birth of the holder of a travel document; and

   (e)  whether a travel document has expired.

"(3) However, the Minister must not give the information unless the Minister
has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Comptroller that:

   (a)  deals with the security of information disclosed to NZCS; and

   (b)  explains how the information will be disclosed; and

   (c)  explains what information will be available to officers of NZCS; and

   (d)  states that the information must be used only to check travel
        documents for the purpose mentioned in subregulation (1); and

   (e)  states that NZCS must not disclose the information to another person
        or body; and

   (f)  states that NZCS must return information about a type of travel
        document to the Minister if another body becomes responsible for
        checking the type of document to control passenger movement into New
        Zealand.

"(4) If a body other than NZCS becomes responsible for checking a type of
travel document to control passenger movement into New Zealand:

   (a)  the Minister must not give NZCS any more information about the
        document; and

   (b)  the Minister may give the information about the document to the person
        responsible for managing the other body if:

        (i)    the Minister has entered into a memorandum of understanding
               with the person; and

        (ii)   the memorandum of understanding has the effect described in
               subregulation (3).".