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Name of agreement Inland Revenue/Ministry of Health – for the supply of Large Employer Information to Ministry of Health for COVID-19 Vaccine and Immunisation Programme
Agency data share is with Ministry of Health
MoU title This MOU relates to the sharing of information from Inland Revenue to the Ministry of Health for the supply of Large Employer Information to Ministry of Health for COVID-19 Vaccine and Immunisation Programme.
Agency using the data Ministry of Health
Purpose To support the Ministry of Health efficiently plan and administer the workplace vaccination portion of the COVID-19 Vaccine and Immunisation Programme.
Data exchanged IR may initially provide MOH with the following information (if available) for all New Zealand employers who have 150 or more employees:

  1. Trading name
  2. Registered name
  3. Workforce headcount at a given period
  4. Business identifier code
  5. Where available, the suburb and city of the head office of the employer.
Legal authority Authorised under clause 23B, Schedule 7 (via section 18H) of the Tax Administration Act 1994

Name of agreement Ministry of Health, Covid-19 Tracing – December 2020
Agency data share is with Ministry of Health
MoU title Ministry of Health, Covid-19 Tracing – December 2020
Agency using the data Ministry of Health
Purpose This MOU is to support Contact Tracing activity when contact details for a contact of a positive COVID-19 case have not been found.
Data exchanged
  • Contact ID field
  • Date of birth
  • Gender
  • Family name
  • First given name
  • Second given name
  • Third given name
  • Address
  • Contact Phone number
  • Contact alternative phone number
  • Contact email address
  • Other information (as required)
Legal authority Rules 2(2)(c) and (d) and 11(2)(d) of the Health Information Privacy Code 2020;
and Section 92ZY (b) of the Health Act 1956 (the purpose for collection)
Section 18H and clause 23B of Schedule 7 of the Tax Administration Act 1994
Name of agreement Supplying information relating to the determination of the problem gambling levy rate
Agency data share is with Ministry of Health
MoU title Supplying information relating to the determination of the problem gambling levy rate.
Data exchanged For each Gambling Sector:
  • total value of problem gambling levy (PGL) payments received by IR per month;
  • total amount of gaming machine expenditure data payments (GMD) associated with those payments per month (if any); and
  • the total amount of any other gambling expenditure data payments associated with each sector’s payments.
Total value of problem gambling levy payments received by IR across all Gambling Sectors per month. The impact of current or forecast levy payments on Crown non-department revenues.
Agency using the data Ministry of Health
Purpose The purpose of this MOU is to record the terms on which IR may share Information with MOH as authorised under section 18H and Schedule 7, clause 34 of the TAA.
Legal authority Section 18H and Schedule 7, clause 34 of the Tax Administration Act 1994
Last updated: 20 Jul 2021
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