1 August 2022
Matthew Ultee
[FYI request #17910 email]
Ref: OIA-2021/22-1492
Dear Mat hew Ultee
Official Information Act request relating to COVID-19 Public Health Response
(Protection Framework) Order 2021 - Follow up
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request received on 6 July 2022.
You requested:
“ANY and ALL CORRESPONDENCE, EMAILS, MEETING MINUTES, MEMOS and or
LEGAL ADVICE the GOVT OBTAINED that show it is legal for a NON REGULATED
business to use the CVC scheme/system/rules for their CUSTOMERS.”
The requested information showing what is legal for non-regulated businesses is legal
advice. I am therefore refusing your request under section 9(2)(h) of the Act, as the
withholding of the information you have requested is necessary to maintain legal professional
privilege.
Furthermore, as stated in our previous response to your request dated 4 February 2022, the
result of the information that you have requested is publicly available in the form of the
COVID-19 Public Health Response (Protection Framework) Order 2021 which you can
access at the following link:
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https:/ www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2021/0386/latest/LMS563461.html
In addition to the links provided to you in our response to your request dated 4 February
2022, here is an additional link that may be of interest to you regarding the COVID-19
Vaccination Certificate scheme:
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Alert Level System and COVID-19 Protection Framework | Unite against COVID-19
(covid19.govt.nz)
You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review my decision under
section 28(3) of the Act.
We do not intend to publish this response on the Department of the Prime Minister and
Cabinet’s website.
Yours sincerely
Ruth Fairhall
Deputy Chief Executive
COVID-19 Response
Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington, New Zealand 6011
4576548
64 4 817 9698 www.dpmc.govt.nz