18 November 2019
Mr George Morrison
[FYI request #11377 email]
Dear Mr Morrison
Thank you for your request made under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA), received
on 4 October 2019. This request was extended by 10 working days on 24 October 2019.
You requested the following:
all briefings and correspondence regarding the decision to exempt the Provincial
Growth Fund from paying tax
Please find enclosed the following documents:
Item
Document description
Decision
1.
IR2019/380 – Order in Council to
Released in part.
designate Provincial Growth Fund Limited
a public purpose Crown-controlled
company
2.
Summary of Provincial Growth Fund
Released in part.
Limited: Orders in Council Cabinet Paper
3.
LEG-19-SUB-0149 – Provincial Growth
Released in ful .
Fund Limited Orders
4.
CAB-19-MIN-0499 – Report of the Cabinet Released in part.
Legislation Committee: Period Ended 27
September 2019
5.
Combined emails regarding the decision to Released in part.
exempt PGF from paying tax
Where some information in the documents is withheld, the relevant withholding ground
of the OIA is specified in the document. An explanation of the withholding grounds
follows:
•
Section 9(2)(a) – to protect the privacy of natural persons, including
deceased persons.
•
Section 9(2)(g)(i) – to maintain the effective conduct of public affairs
through the free and frank expression of opinions.
Items 4 and 5 also contain information that is outside the scope of your request. This
information has not been considered for release and has been withheld as “not in scope”.
Ref: 20OIA1110
IN CONFIDENCE
The following information you requested is soon to be publicly available on the both the
Grow Regions and Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment websites:
Document title
Website
MBIE 0634 19-20 / IR2019/481 – Draft
Grow Regions website –
Cabinet paper for authorising the Orders in
growregions.govt.nz/about-us/data-stats-
Council for Provincial Growth Fund Limited
information/
MBIE website –
mbie.govt.nz/document-
library?start=0
Provincial Growth Fund Limited: Orders in
Grow Regions website –
Council
growregions.govt.nz/about-us/data-stats-
information/
MBIE website –
mbie.govt.nz/document-
library?start=0
LEG-19-MIN-0149 – Provincial Growth
Grow Regions website –
Fund Limited Orders
growregions.govt.nz/about-us/data-stats-
information/
MBIE website –
mbie.govt.nz/document-
library?start=0
Your request for the documents listed in the above table is refused under section 18(d)
of the OIA, as the information will soon be publicly available. Some information has been
removed from documents listed above, on the OIA grounds described in the documents.
Some documents are being withheld under section 9(2)(g)(i) of the OIA, to maintain the
effective conduct of public affairs through the free and frank expression of opinions. No
public interest in releasing the withheld information has been identified that would be
sufficient to outweigh the reasons for withholding.
Right of Review
If you disagree with my decisions on your OIA request, you can ask an Inland Revenue
review officer to review my decisions. To ask for an internal review, please email the
Commissioner of Inland Revenue at: [email address].
Alternatively, under section 28(3) of the OIA, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman
to investigate and review my decision. You can contact the office of the Ombudsman by
email at: [email address].
Thank you for your request. I trust that the information provided is of assistance to you.
Yours sincerely
Peter Frawley
Policy Lead
Ref: 20OIA1110
IN CONFIDENCE