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- Except as provided in this section, where a Competent Authority or Liaison Body requests information under Article 20 of the Agreement, the Competent Authority or Liaison Body so requested will supply that information in as timely a manner as possible.
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- The Liaison Bodies of both Contracting Parties will exchange information of the changes in pension amounts to be paid to each recipient of a benefit and of the effective date and the new amount payable as soon as possible after those changes are known in the manner agreed in writing, from time to time, between the Liaison Bodies.
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- The Liaison Bodies will provide each other in the manner agreed in writing, from time to time, with information on changes in circumstances of benefit recipients that may affect entitlement to a benefit paid by the other Contracting Party.
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- Except in relation to paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Section, where a Liaison Body requests personal information under Article 20 of the Agreement that constitutes an authorised information matching programme under the privacy laws of either Contracting Party:
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- a)the requesting Liaison Body will inform the other Liaison Body of the purpose for which the data is requested;
- b)each Liaison Body will produce a report for the other Contracting Party on the Privacy Laws in force in its jurisdiction that may affect the exchange of information;
- c)the Liaison Bodies will exchange technical reports on the exchange of data;
- d)the Liaison Bodies will provide each other with any information requested by their respective privacy authorities.
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- Requests for information made under Article 20 of the Agreement that constitutes an authorised information matching programme under the privacy laws of either Contracting Party, shall be limited to:
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- a)four requests per annum by each Liaison Body; and
- b)one request for income details per tax year.
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- If a request for information made under Article 20 of the Agreement constitutes an authorised information matching programme under the privacy laws of either Contracting Party, the information that the Liaison Body of New Zealand may request from the Liaison Body of the Netherlands, as circumstances require, is:
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- a)Netherlands' pension reference number;
- b)benefit or pension type;
- c)nationality;
- d)marital status;
- e)duration of marriage, in the case of widows and widowers;
- f)maiden name and married surname, in the case of women;
- g)residential status i.e. living alone or sharing accommodation;
- h)spouse reference number;
- i)spouse date of birth;
- j)spouse date of death and place of death;
- k)names and birth dates and place of birth of dependent children including those between 16 and 18 years who are still at school;
- l)date of grant of Netherlands pension;
- m)rate of benefit or pension payable, including increases in payment and amounts based upon voluntary contributions;
- n)income details of the claimant or recipient and their spouse or partner and their dependent children, including income generated from assets;
- o)periods of contributions and/or residence in the Netherlands;
- p)periods of contributions and/or residence in a third State, where known;
- q)details of pensions from a third State, where known;
- r)bank account details;
- s)executors of estates;
- t)medical reports;
- u)address;
- v)name and address of employer.
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- If a request for information made under Article 20 of the Agreement constitutes an authorised information matching programme under the privacy laws of either Contracting Party, the information that the Institution of the Netherlands may request from the Institution of New Zealand, as circumstances require, is:
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- a)New Zealand pension reference number;
- b)benefit or pension type;
- c)marital status;
- d)date of marriage;
- e)date of divorce;
- f)residential status i.e. living alone or sharing accommodation;
- g)spouse date of birth;
- h)spouse date of death;
- i)names, birth dates and place of birth of dependent children;
- j)income details of the claimant or recipient and their spouse or partner and their dependent children;
- k)medical reports;
- l)full time enrolment at secondary or tertiary institution of dependent child (if known);
- m)name and address of employer.
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- Provided that the Contracting Parties have obtained any necessary consents from their respective Privacy Authorities, the Contracting Parties may agree in writing to add, amend or delete items from the lists in paragraph 6 and 7 of this Section provided that the additions, amendments or deletions have any necessary consents of the privacy authorities of either Contracting Party.
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- In respect of any request for information that constitutes an authorised information matching programme under the privacy laws of New Zealand, no information shall be exchanged if the consent of the New Zealand Privacy Authorities is withheld.
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- The Liaison Bodies will exchange statistics regarding the payments each has made to recipients of benefits residing in the territory of the other Contracting Party upon request. The statistics will include data on the number of benefit recipients and the total number of benefits identified by benefit types.
