New Zealand Gazette – 1999 – No. 165

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✨ Commission of Inquiry Notice



SUPPLEMENT to

New Zealand Gazette

OF THURSDAY, 4 NOVEMBER 1999

WELLINGTON: FRIDAY, 5 NOVEMBER 1999 — ISSUE NO. 165

Government Notice

Internal Affairs

Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908

Commission of Inquiry into Provision of Computer System Known as the Integrated National Crime Information System (INCIS)

MICHAEL HARDIE BOYS, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

To all to whom this order shall come, and to:

The Right Honourable Sir IAN LLOYD McKAY, K.N.Z.M., of Wellington, formerly a Judge of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand; and

GERALD CHRISTOPHER PHILIP HENSLEY, C.N.Z.M., of Martinborough, formerly Secretary of Defence; and

ARTHUR FRANCIS SMALL, of Wellington, Managing Director of Tranz Rail Limited:

GREETING:

WHEREAS in 1994, for the purposes of giving effect to a project to modernise information systems of the police (in this order referred to as “the INCIS project”), the Crown, acting through the Commissioner of Police, entered into a contract with IBM New Zealand Limited and International Business Machines Corporation (together referred to in this order as “IBM”) for the provision of a computer system to be known as “the Integrated National Crime Information System”;

And whereas the said contract has been varied from time to time, and is, as so varied, referred to in this order as “the INCIS contract”:

And whereas the INCIS contract was repudiated by IBM on 9 August 1999 and cancelled by the Crown on 17 August 1999:

And whereas legal proceedings were commenced by the Crown against IBM:

And whereas the Crown and IBM have settled those legal proceedings and all outstanding claims relating to the INCIS contract:

And whereas the police and certain Government departments (in this order referred to as “the departments”) had various responsibilities and accountabilities in relation to the INCIS project, including the negotiation of the INCIS contract and the management of that contract:

And whereas—

(a) The manner in which the INCIS project was developed, managed, and administered by the police and the departments from the inception of the project until the cancellation of the INCIS contract; and

(b) Whether, and to what extent, the police and the departments acted in a proper and competent manner in carrying out their responsibilities, and in discharging their accountabilities to the Government, in relation to the INCIS project; and

(c) The extent to which, based on the experience of the INCIS project, changes should be made in policies and practices in relation to managing and implementing the development of major information technology projects by public agencies,—

are matters of public importance:

NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908, I, Sir Michael Hardie Boys, the Governor-General of New Zealand, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, appoint you,



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🏛️ Commission of Inquiry into INCIS Project

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Commission of Inquiry, INCIS, Police, IBM, Computer System, Contract Cancellation
  • Ian Lloyd McKay (The Right Honourable Sir, K.N.Z.M.), Appointed to Commission of Inquiry
  • Gerald Christopher Philip Hensley (C.N.Z.M.), Appointed to Commission of Inquiry
  • Arthur Francis Small, Appointed to Commission of Inquiry

  • MICHAEL HARDIE BOYS, Governor-General