Section 304 — Immigration Act 2009: Disclosure of information to employers

304 Disclosure of information to employers (1) The purpose of this section is to facilitate the disclosure of information by the Department to an employer to enable the employer to verify that a person is entitled under this Act to work in the employer’s service. (2) On receipt of a request from an employer, the chief executive may, for the purpose of this section, disclose the information specified in subsection (4) to the employer. (3) The chief executive must not disclose the information specified in subsection (4) unless satisfied that the request— (a) has been made by an employer in New Zealand; and (b) is for the purpose of enabling the employer to verify that a person is entitled under this Act to work in the employer’s service. (4) The information that may be disclosed under this section is as follows: (a) whether the person is entitled to undertake that work in New Zealand: (b) if the person is entitled to undertake that work in New Zealand,— (i) the duration of the entitlement; and (ii) any conditions imposed on that entitlement. (5) Where the chief executive discloses information under this section to an employer, the employer must be informed of the requirement to comply with the Privacy Act 1993 in relation to that information.