NEW ZEALAND Law and Practice Contributed by: Shelley Slade-Gully, Tina Liu, Phil Taylor and Veronica Hartley, Tompkins Wake
it provides that some disclosures can be simplified if the recipient is subject to:
• a prescribed binding scheme; or • the laws of a prescribed country.
However, to date, there are no regulations prescrib - ing binding schemes or countries for the purpose of IPP 12. Furthermore, the amendments to IPP 12 (1)(e) by the Statutes Amendment Act 2025 indicate that, even if there were to be a regulation prescribing a country or a binding scheme, the transfer of data may be subject to limitations or qualifications prescribed in regulations in respect of the overseas disclosure to that country. In the meantime, as set out in 5.1 Restrictions on International Data Transfers , an agency seeking to disclose data outside New Zealand can use the other pathways set out in IPP 12 for the overseas disclo - sure.
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