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Dear Patrick,

Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request, received on 13 December 2023, in which you requested the following information:

• I’m writing and asking for the release in any draft RIS on the clean car discount policy.

Your request will be answered within the provisions of the Official Information Act.

Kind regards,

Office of Hon Simeon Brown
Minister of Transport, Minister of Local Government, Minister for Energy, Minster for Auckland

Email: [Simeon Brown request email] Website: www.Beehive,govt.nz
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

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Dear Patrick

Thank you for your email of 13 December 2023 requesting information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).

The information requested is believed to be more closely connected with the functions of the Ministry of Transport. The request is therefore being transferred to them for a response under Section 14(b)(ii) of the Act.

The Ministry of Transport will contact you in due course regarding this request.

Kind regards

Office of Hon Simeon Brown
Minister of Transport, Minister of Local Government, Minister for Energy, Minster for Auckland

Email: [email address] Website: www.Beehive,govt.nz
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand

Disclaimer: The information in this email (including attachments) is confidential and may be legally privileged. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this email, please notify the author by replying to this email and destroy the message. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure, copying or distribution is prohibited and may be unlawful.
Please note information about meetings related to the Ministers’ portfolios will be proactively released (this does not include personal or constituency matters). For each meeting in scope, the summary would list: date, time (start and finish), brief description, location, who the meeting was with, and the portfolio. If you attend a meeting with the Minister on behalf of an organisation, the name of the organisation will be released. If you are a senior staff member at an organisation, or meet with the Minister in your personal capacity, your name may also be released. The location of the meeting will be released, unless it is a private residence. The proactive release will be consistent with the provisions in the Official Information Act, including privacy considerations. Under the Privacy Act 1993 you have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of your information, or to have it corrected, or are concerned about the release of your information in the meeting disclosure, please contact the sender. You can read more about the proactive release policy at https://www.dia.govt.nz/Proactive-Releas...

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Kia ora Patrick,

On behalf of the Ministry of Transport, I acknowledge the transfer of your Official Information Act request on 14 December 2023 seeking:

“any draft RIS on the clean car discount policy”

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and in any event no later than 2 February 2024 being 20 working days after the day your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

The Ministry publishes Official Information Act responses on our website when there may be wider interest in the information released. This means the information provided to you might be published after you have received it.

Ngâ mihi

Harry (He / Him)
Kaitohutohu - Tuhinga Ôkawa|Adviser - Accountability and Correspondence

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Dear Patrick

 

Please find the attached response to your OIA request.

 

Thank you.

 

Ngā mihi

 

 

 

 

Carol Rios Diaz

Kaitohutohu Pōtiki  | Adviser

 

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