Supplementary Government Response to Law Commissions report [pdf, 479 KB]
...Complexity of the issues raised by a personal information request should be added to the grounds in section 41(1) on which an agency may extend the time limit for responding to a request. Not having enough time to carry out due process, including checks and balances, can be a contributing factor in privacy breaches. A consequential amendment should be made to section 15A of the Official Information Act. 32 Principle 12(2) should be redrafted so that the meaning of “assign” is clea...