Official Information Act 1982
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The Official Information Act 1982 is a New Zealand law that promotes government transparency by granting the public a legal right to access most information held by public sector agencies, subject to limited exemptions.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11006510 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Official Information Act 1982 Context triple: [Ombudsman of New Zealand, relatedLegislation, Official Information Act 1982]
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A.
Public Records Act 1958
The Public Records Act 1958 is a key UK law that sets out how government records are created, managed, preserved, and made available to the public, forming the foundation of the modern public archives system.
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B.
Freedom of Information Act 2000
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 is a UK law that grants the public a general right of access to information held by public authorities, subject to certain exemptions.
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C.
Privacy Act 1993
The Privacy Act 1993 was New Zealand’s principal data protection law that regulated the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information by public and private sector agencies.
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D.
Access to Information Act (Canada)
The Access to Information Act (Canada) is a federal law that grants the public a legal right to access records under the control of Canadian government institutions, subject to specific exemptions and exclusions.
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E.
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 is a Scottish law that grants the public a legal right to access information held by Scottish public authorities, promoting transparency and accountability in government.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Official Information Act 1982 Target entity description: The Official Information Act 1982 is a New Zealand law that promotes government transparency by granting the public a legal right to access most information held by public sector agencies, subject to limited exemptions.
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A.
Public Records Act 1958
The Public Records Act 1958 is a key UK law that sets out how government records are created, managed, preserved, and made available to the public, forming the foundation of the modern public archives system.
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B.
Freedom of Information Act 2000
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 is a UK law that grants the public a general right of access to information held by public authorities, subject to certain exemptions.
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C.
Privacy Act 1993
The Privacy Act 1993 was New Zealand’s principal data protection law that regulated the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information by public and private sector agencies.
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D.
Access to Information Act (Canada)
The Access to Information Act (Canada) is a federal law that grants the public a legal right to access records under the control of Canadian government institutions, subject to specific exemptions and exclusions.
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E.
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 is a Scottish law that grants the public a legal right to access information held by Scottish public authorities, promoting transparency and accountability in government.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
New Zealand statute
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freedom of information law ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Ministry of Justice (New Zealand) ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
New Zealand Ministers of the Crown
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linked to:
Cabinet Minister of New Zealand
New Zealand government departments ⓘ New Zealand organisations listed in Schedule 1 of the Act ⓘ |
| commencementDate | 1983-03-01 ⓘ |
| country | New Zealand ⓘ |
| enforcementBody |
Ombudsman (New Zealand)
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linked to:
Ombudsman of New Zealand
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| excludes |
Ombudsmen in relation to their investigative functions
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courts in relation to their judicial functions ⓘ some information covered by the Privacy Act 2020 ⓘ |
| grantsRightTo | access to official information held by New Zealand public sector agencies ⓘ |
| influenced | open government practices in New Zealand ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Official Secrets Act 1951 (New Zealand)
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freedom of information reforms in other common law jurisdictions ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | New Zealand ⓘ |
| keyPrinciple | availability of information is the principle and withholding is the exception ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | in force ⓘ |
| legislature | New Zealand Parliament ⓘ |
| longTitle |
An Act to make official information more freely available, to provide for proper access by each person to official information relating to that person, to protect official information to the extent consistent with the public interest and the preservation of personal privacy, and to establish procedures for the achievement of those purposes
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linked to:
Official Information Act 1982
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| primaryPurpose |
to enable public participation in government decision-making
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to increase availability of official information ⓘ to promote accountability of Ministers and officials ⓘ to promote government transparency ⓘ to protect official information where necessary to preserve personal privacy and the public interest ⓘ |
| providesFor |
Ombudsman review of decisions on information requests
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grounds for withholding official information ⓘ public interest test for release of information ⓘ requests for official information by any person ⓘ time limits for responding to information requests ⓘ |
| region | Oceania ⓘ |
| relatedLegislation |
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987
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Privacy Act 2020 ⓘ |
| replaced | Official Secrets Act 1951 (New Zealand) ⓘ |
| royalAssentDate | 1982-12-17 ⓘ |
| section |
section 10 (Neither confirm nor deny information exists)
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section 12 (Requests for access to official information) ⓘ section 15 (Decisions on requests) ⓘ section 18 (Refusal of requests) ⓘ section 28 (Review of decisions by Ombudsmen) ⓘ section 5 (Principle of availability) ⓘ section 6 (Conclusive reasons for withholding official information) ⓘ section 9 (Other reasons for withholding official information) ⓘ |
| shortTitle | Official Information Act 1982 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
access to government information
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administrative law ⓘ constitutional law of New Zealand ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 1982 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Official Information Act 1982 Description of subject: The Official Information Act 1982 is a New Zealand law that promotes government transparency by granting the public a legal right to access most information held by public sector agencies, subject to limited exemptions.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Official Information Act 1982
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987
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Official Information Act 1982
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Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987
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Official Information Act 1982
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Official Information Act 1982
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longTitle
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An Act to make official information more freely available, to provide for proper access by each person to official information relating to that person, to protect official information to the extent consistent with the public interest and the preservation of personal privacy, and to establish procedures for the achievement of those purposes
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linked to: Official Information Act 1982
subject linked to:
Office of the Ombudsman