I accept the Health Committee intent in introducing clause 6A. However, the information that is likely to be captured by the legislation is necessary; it needs to be used on a daily basis for routine internal data analyses, data modelling, and data quality checking. I think this is an unintended consequence. It is also possible that clause 6A might be interpreted as requiring approval of the automated use and disclosure of data during even things as simple as electronic data uploads to existing electronic applications. It would be unworkable for the programme employees to be prohibited from accessing this information until approval was sought for their day-to-day work. This could impede the provision of timely data to the sector, used for monitoring and quality assurance activities, as well as having unintended consequences on the workload of the national kaitiaki group.