At present, Inland Revenue shares specific information, such as contact details, with approved agencies for use of specific purposes such as preventing serious crime. This bill proposes an amendment to allow Inland Revenue to share information with other Government departments to assist those agencies in their response to the COVID-19 outbreak. This allows information to be supplied to assist the efficient and effective delivery of the Government's COVID-19 response. At the same time, the information sharing could be used for fraud prevention—for example, Inland Revenue will be able to alert the Ministry of Social Development to fraudulent claims for the wage subsidy. This ensures that the money made available in the Government's economic package will help if it goes where it is genuinely needed. The information-sharing arrangement is intended to get us through the current crisis, and it is time limited. 