Several requirements must be met before the NZCC will provide compulsorily acquired information or investigative assistance to another agency, Under Section 99I of the Commerce Act, following a request by a recognised overseas regulator for compulsorily acquired information and/or investigative assistance, the NZCC must consider and be satisfied that: • there is in force a co-operation arrangement with the requesting party; • the provision of information/assistance will, or is likely to, assist the recognised overseas regulator in performing its functions or exercising its powers in relation to competition, fair trading or consumer credit law or the regulation of telecommunications;  • the provision of information/assistance will not be inconsistent with the terms of the relevant co-operation arrangement; and  • providing the information/assistance will not significantly prejudice New Zealand’s international trade interests.  The Commerce Act also requires that the NZCC considers its domestic functions, wider access to the information sought, and other legislation before engaging in co-operation. Section 99I(5) requires that, in considering whether to provide compulsorily acquired information or investigative assistance in accordance with a co-operation arrangement, the NZCC must also consider: a) whether complying with the request will substantially affect the NZCC’s ability to perform its other functions under this Act or any other enactment; and b) whether the recognised overseas regulator could more conveniently obtain the information or assistance from another source; and c) whether the request would, in the opinion of the NZCC, be more appropriately dealt with under the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1992.  At an operational level, we also consider our available resources to respond to the request. If information held by the NZCC is subject to privilege under New Zealand’s Evidence Act, section 99P of the Commerce Act states that the NZCC is not taken to have waived any privilege when sharing information with a recognised overseas agency. Under the same section, when receiving information from another country that is subject to an analogous privilege provision, the relevant sections of the Evidence Act concerning privilege apply to the NZCC’s use of that information.  Note that the NZCC may impose conditions on the provision of information/assistance to a recognised overseas regulator, including as to: a) the confidentiality of information;  b) the storage, use of, or access to anything provided; c) the copying, returning, or disposal of copies of anything provided; and the payment of costs the NZCC incurred in providing anything or complying with the request.