Performance and Optimisation
55 Featherston Street
PO Box 2198
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
12 July 2013
Mr Joshua Grainger
[FYI request #898 email]
Dear Mr Grainger
Official Information Act request: student loans and passport renewals Thank you for your request made under the Official Information Act 1982, which was
transferred from the Department of Internal Affairs to Inland Revenue on 20 June 2013.
You requested the following:
… all advice on whether people who default on their student loans shouldn’t
have their passports renewed
Under section 15A of the Official Information Act, I am extending the time limit for deciding
on your request by an additional 15 working days. This means that you will receive a
response by 8 August 2013.
You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review this decision to extend
the time limit for deciding on your request. The Office of the Ombudsman can be contacted
at PO Box 10152, The Terrace, Wellington 6143.
Yours sincerely
Maurice Lawlor
Business Owner
www.ird.govt.nz