Update on Expert Review Group (February 2021)

Additional info

It comprises:

• the submission document

• the meeting brief for the Minister’s meeting with the Expert Review Group and international advisers

• biographies of the members of the Expert Review Group

• meeting brief for the Minister’s meeting with Expert Review Group chair

Certain information has been withheld in order to protect:

• national security information and information that would impact the international relations of the Government of New Zealand [s6(a)]

• the privacy of an individual [section 9(2)(a)]

• information on the timing of future proposals to Cabinet [s9(2)(f)(iv)]

Where information is withheld pursuant to section 9(2), it is not considered that the public interest in this information outweighs the need to protect it.