Section 159 — Privacy Act 2020: Report on findings of review

159 Report on findings of review (1) After completing a review under section 158 , the Commissioner may provide a report to the relevant Minister if the Commissioner has reasonable grounds to suspect that an approved information sharing agreement is— (a) operating in an unusual or unexpected way (that is, in a way that was not foreseen by the Commissioner or the parties to the agreement at the time the agreement was entered into): (b) failing to facilitate the provision of the public service or public services to which it relates: (c) unreasonably impinging on the privacy of individuals: (d) operating in such a way that the financial and other costs of sharing personal information under the agreement outweigh the benefits of sharing it. (2) The Commissioner may recommend in the report that— (a) the agreement should be amended in 1 or more material respects; or (b) the Order in Council by which the agreement was approved should be revoked. Compare: 1993 No 28 s 96X