Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000

This section applies if the chief executive officer of an entity is reasonably satisfied that making information in the entity’s register about a particular enforcement act available to anyone entitled to inspect it may not be in the public interest because—

it may prejudice or otherwise hinder an investigation to which the information may be relevant; or

it may cause embarrassment to, or otherwise adversely affect, a person to whom the information relates or someone else associated with the person including, for example, a family member.

Despite section 681, the chief executive officer may direct that the information be recorded in the entity’s register in a way that restricts inspection of the information until the chief executive officer is satisfied it is no longer necessary to restrict its inspection.

The chief executive officer must keep a written record of the reasons for the direction.

However, if, within 3 years after the enforcement act was done, the person to whom the act was done asks the chief executive officer under section 681 for information to which this section applies that is the subject of a direction given under subsection (2), the chief executive officer must give the person a copy or printout of the information as soon as reasonably practicable.Example for subsection (4)—If information relating to a suspected offender is obtained because of a search warrant executed at a place belonging to a financial institution, the financial institution is entitled to ask for and receive a copy or printout of the information.