Privacy Act 1988

SCHEDULE 2 - STATUTORY TORT FOR SERIOUS INVASIONS OF PRIVACY  

Note: See section 94A .

PART 3 - EXEMPTIONS  

16A  

16A   Staff members of agencies or State and Territory authorities (other than intelligence agencies and law enforcement bodies)  

This Schedule does not apply to an invasion of an individual ' s privacy by a staff member of an agency or a State or Territory authority (other than a staff member of an intelligence agency or a law enforcement body) to the extent that the staff member invades the individual ' s privacy, in good faith:

(a)    in the performance or purported performance of a function of the agency or authority; or

(b)    in the exercise or purported exercise of a power of the agency or authority.