Extensive amendments to the Privacy Act 1988 commenced on 12 March 2014 (see our previous articles here).
Comlaw has published a consolidated Privacy Act 1988 which incorporates the amendments, including the new Australian Privacy Principles and the new Part IIIA Credit Reporting provisions.
The following legislative instruments have also been published:
- consolidated Privacy Regulation 2013
- Credit Reporting Privacy Code (CR code)
- Privacy Amendment (External Dispute Resolution Scheme—Transitional) Regulation 2014
- Privacy (International Money Transfers) Generalising Determination 2014 (No. 1):
This determination provides that no authorised deposit-taking institution is taken to breach section 15 of the Privacy Act in relation to certain acts and practices involved in the overseas disclosure of an individual’s personal information in the processing of an international money transfer. - Privacy (International Money Transfers) Temporary Public Interest Determination 2014 (No. 1): This determination provides that the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited is taken not to breach section 15 of the Privacy Act in relation to certain acts and practices involved in the overseas disclosure of an individual’s personal information in the processing of an international money transfer.
- Privacy Public Interest (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Amendment and Repeal Determination 2014: This determination makes amendments and repeals to Public Interest Determinations made under section 72 of the Privacy Act 1988.
Consequential amendments have been incorporated into the National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 and the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006.
