Human Rights Commission v Minister of Labour - [1984] 2 NZLR 108

Statutes — Statutory interpretation — Non-disclosure provisions — "No information obtained . . . by an officer . . . under any of the powers conferred by [the Labour Department Act 1954] shall be communicated to any person or made use of except for the purposes of this Act" - Human Rights Commission, while investigating a complaint of discrimination, requested information from an officer of the Department of Labour — Whether officer was entitled to refuse to supply the information — Labour Department Act 1954, s 13(1) — Human Rights Commission Act 1977, s 73.