Security Risk Certificate - Reasons For Non-disclosure

Reasons For Non-disclosure

Disclosure may, for example:

• “lead to the identification of, or provide details of, the source of the information, the nature, content, or scope of the information, or the nature or type of the assistance or operational methods available to the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service” (s 114B(1)(a)(i))
• be “about particular operations that have been undertaken, or are being or are proposed to be undertaken, in pursuance of any of the functions of the Service or of another intelligence and security agency” (s 114B(1)(a)(ii))
• have “been provided to the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service by the government of any other country or by an agency of such a government, and is information that cannot be disclosed by the Service because the government or agency by which that information has been provided will not consent to the disclosure” (s 114B(1)(a)(iii))
• “prejudice the security or defence of New Zealand or the international relations of the Government of New Zealand” (s 114B(1)(b)(i)) or
• “prejudice the entrusting of information to the Government of New Zealand on a basis of confidence by the government of another country or any agency of such a government, or by any international organisation” (s 72 Immigration Act) (s 114B(1)(b)(ii)).