Section 209 — Privacy Act 2020: Exclusion of public interest immunity

209 Exclusion of public interest immunity (1) The rule of law that authorises or requires the withholding of any document, or the refusal to answer any question, on the ground that the disclosure of the document or the answering of the question would be injurious to the public interest does not apply in respect of— (a) any investigation by or proceedings before the Commissioner or the Tribunal under this Act; or (b) any application under the Judicial Review Procedure Act 2016 for the review of any decision under this Act. (2) Subsection (1) does not entitle any person to any information that the person would not be entitled to otherwise than under this section. (3) Subsection (1) does not limit sections 44(2)(d) and 47 . Compare: 1993 No 28 s 119