Privacy Act 1988

Pt VIB heading substituted by No 128 of 2024, s 3 and Sch 1 item 84, effective 11 December 2024.

Div 3 substituted by No 124 of 2017, s 3 and Sch 13 item 7, effective 6 November 2018. For application and saving provisions, see note under s 80W .

S 80W(3) amended by No 13 of 2021, s 3 and Sch 2 item 703, effective 1 September 2021.

S 80W substituted by No 124 of 2017, s 3 and Sch 13 item 7, effective 6 November 2018.

No 124 of 2017, s 3 and Sch 13 items 10 - 12 contain the following application and saving provisions:

10 APPLICATION AND SAVING PROVISION - CIVIL PENALTIES  
(1)
Part 4 of the Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014 , as that Part applies under Division 1 of Part VIB of the Privacy Act 1988 , applies in relation to contraventions of civil penalty provisions occurring on or after the commencement of this Schedule.

(2)
Part VIB of the Privacy Act 1988 , as in force immediately before the commencement of this Schedule, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to contraventions of civil penalty provisions occurring before the commencement of this Schedule.
11 APPLICATION AND SAVING PROVISION - ENFORCEABLE UNDERTAKINGS  
(1)
Part 6 of the Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014 , as that Part applies under section 80V of the Privacy Act 1988 , applies in relation to undertakings given on or after the commencement of this Schedule.

(2)
Division 3B of Part IV of the Privacy Act 1988 , as in force immediately before the commencement of this Schedule, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to the following:

(a) an undertaking given before the commencement of this Schedule;

(b) an application for an order made, but not decided, under subsection 33F(1) of that Act before the commencement of this Schedule;

(c) an order made under subsection 33F(2) of that Act before, on or after the commencement of this Schedule as a result of an application made before that commencement.
12 APPLICATION AND SAVING PROVISION - INJUNCTIONS  
(1)
Part 7 of the Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014 , as that Part applies under Division 2 of Part VIB of the Privacy Act 1988 , applies in relation to contraventions occurring on or after the commencement of this Schedule.

(2)
Section 98 of the Privacy Act 1988 , as in force immediately before the commencement of this Schedule, continues to apply on and after that commencement in relation to contraventions occurring before the commencement of this Schedule.