{"id":"sl-2014-25","name":"Information Privacy Regulation 2014","slug":"information-privacy-regulation-2014","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"25 of 2014","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173404,"registerId":"act-sl-2014-25-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Information Privacy Regulation 2014","content":"Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nInformation Privacy Regulation 2014\nSL2014-25\nmade under the\nInformation Privacy Act 2014\nRepublication No 6\nEffective: 12 December 2023\nRepublication date: 12 December 2023\nLast amendment made by A2023-57\n\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAbout this republication\nThe republished law\nThis is a republication of the Information Privacy Regulation 2014, made under the Information\nPrivacy Act 2014 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3\n(Editorial changes)) as in force on 12 December 2023. It also includes any commencement,\namendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to 12 December 2023.\nThe legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3\nand 4.\nKinds of republications\nThe Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT\nlegislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):\n• authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies\n• unauthorised republications.\nThe status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.\nEditorial changes\nThe Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial\namendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.\nEditorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by\nan Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The\nchanges are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into\nline, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.\nThis republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).\nUncommenced provisions and amendments\nIf a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol U appears immediately\nbefore the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law\nare accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more\ninformation, see the home page for this law on the register.\nModifications\nIf a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the\nsymbol M appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying\nprovision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation\nAct 2001, section 95.\nPenalties\nAt the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $160 for an\nindividual and $810 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).\n\nR6\n12/12/23\nInformation Privacy Regulation 2014\nEffective: 12/12/23\ncontents 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nInformation Privacy Regulation 2014\nmade under the\nInformation Privacy Act 2014\nContents\nPage\n1 Name of regulation 2\n3 Dictionary 2\n4 Notes 2\n5 Asbestos Response Taskforce a public sector agency—Act, s 9 (h) 2\n5A Prescribed interstate laws—Act, s 21 (4), def corresponding privacy\nlaw, par (b) 2\n6 Exemption—residential premises and loose-fill asbestos insulation—\nAct, s 25 (1) (h) 3\n7 Exemption—ACT courts case management system project—Act,\ns 25 (1) (h) 3\n\nContents\nPage\ncontents 2 Information Privacy Regulation 2014\nEffective: 12/12/23\nR6\n12/12/23\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nDictionary 5\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes 6\n2 Abbreviation key 6\n3 Legislation history 7\n4 Amendment history 8\n5 Earlier republications 9\n\nR6\n12/12/23\nInformation Privacy Regulation 2014\nEffective: 12/12/23\npage 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nInformation Privacy Regulation 2014\nmade under the\nInformation Privacy Act 2014\n\nSection 1\npage 2 Information Privacy Regulation 2014\nEffective: 12/12/23\nR6\n12/12/23\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n1 Name of regulation\nThis regulation is the Information Privacy Regulation 2014.\n3 Dictionary\nThe dictionary at the end of this regulation is part of this regulation.\nNote 1 The dictionary at the end of this regulation defines certain terms used in\nthis regulation, and includes references (signpost definitions) to other\nterms defined elsewhere.\nFor example, the signpost definition ‘class, of a building—see the\nBuilding Act 2004, dictionary.’ means that the term ‘class’ is defined in\nthat dictionary and the definition applies to this regulation.\nNote 2 A definition in the dictionary (including a signpost definition) applies to\nthe entire regulation unless the definition, or another provision of the\nregulation, provides otherwise or the contrary intention otherwise appears\n(see Legislation Act, s 155 and s 156 (1)).\n4 Notes\nA note included in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of this\nregulation.\nNote See the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.\n5 Asbestos Response Taskforce a public sector agency—\nAct, s 9 (h)\nThe asbestos response taskforce is prescribed.\n5A Prescribed interstate laws—Act, s 21 (4), def\ncorresponding privacy law, par (b)\nThe following laws are prescribed:\n(a) Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (NSW);\n(b) Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic).\n\nSection 6\nR6\n12/12/23\nInformation Privacy Regulation 2014\nEffective: 12/12/23\npage 3\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n6 Exemption—residential premises and loose-fill asbestos\ninsulation—Act, s 25 (1) (h)\n(1) The following public sector agencies are prescribed:\n(a) the administrative unit responsible for administering the\nasbestos response taskforce;\n(b) the asbestos response taskforce.\n(2) The Act does not apply to the prescribed public sector agencies in\nrelation to the disclosure of information about whether residential\npremises contain, or have contained, loose-fill asbestos insulation\nincluding any relevant related information (other than the identity of\nan individual) to the following people:\n(a) anyone who was an owner of the premises or who is, or was, an\noccupier of the premises;\n(b) anyone who has carried out, is carrying out or intends to carry\nout building work on the premises.\nExamples—relevant related information\n• existence of clearance certificate by asbestos removalist on building file\n• that premises have been demolished\n• date of demolition of premises\n7 Exemption—ACT courts case management system\nproject—Act, s 25 (1) (h)\n(1) The administrative unit responsible for the administration of ACT\ncourts (the relevant administrative unit) is prescribed.\n(2) The following matters are prescribed:\n(a) the disclosure of personal information held by the relevant\nadministrative unit to the Department of the Attorney General\nof Western Australia (however described) for the case\nmanagement system project;\n\nSection 7\npage 4 Information Privacy Regulation 2014\nEffective: 12/12/23\nR6\n12/12/23\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(b) the use of the personal information for the case management\nsystem project.\nNote Personal information includes sensitive information (see Act, s 14, def\nsensitive information).\n(3) In this section:\ncase management system project means—\n(a) the development, testing and installation of an information\nmanagement system for cases heard, or to be heard, by ACT\ncourts; and\n(b) the ongoing maintenance and upgrading of the system.\n\nDictionary\nR6\n12/12/23\nInformation Privacy Regulation 2014\nEffective: 12/12/23\npage 5\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nDictionary\n(see s 3)\nNote 1 The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to\nthis regulation.\nNote 2 For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:\n• in relation to\n• prescribed.\nNote 3 Terms used in this regulation have the same meaning that they have in\nthe Information Privacy Act 2014 (see Legislation Act, s 148). For\nexample, the following term is defined in the Information Privacy\nAct 2014, dict:\n• ACT court\n• public sector agency (see s 9).\nasbestos response taskforce means the asbestos response taskforce\nestablished by the ACT government in June 2014.\nbuilding work—see the Building Act 2004, section 6.\nclass, of a building—see the Building Act 2004, dictionary.\nloose-fill asbestos insulation—see the Dangerous Substances\nAct 2004, section 47I.\nresidential premises means premises, or a part of premises, that are a\nclass 1, class 2 or class 10 building.\n\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes\npage 6 Information Privacy Regulation 2014\nEffective: 12/12/23\nR6\n12/12/23\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes\nAmending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the\namendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law\nbut are set out in the endnotes.\nNot all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are\nannotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be\nobtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.\nUncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details\nof these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are\nunderlined in the legislation history and amendment history.\nIf all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered\nprovisions gives details of previous and current numbering.\nThe endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.\n2 Abbreviation key\nA = Act NI = Notifiable instrument\nAF = Approved form o = order\nam = amended om = omitted/repealed\namdt = amendment ord = ordinance\nAR = Assembly resolution orig = original\nch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph\nCN = Commencement notice pres = present\ndef = definition prev = previous\nDI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously\ndict = dictionary pt = part\ndisallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule\nAssembly reloc = relocated\ndiv = division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No\nGaz = gazette RI = reissue\nhdg = heading s = section/subsection\nIA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule\nins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision\nLA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law\nLR = legislation register sub = substituted\nLRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced\nmod = modified/modification or to be expired\n\nEndnotes\nLegislation history 3\nR6\n12/12/23\nInformation Privacy Regulation 2014\nEffective: 12/12/23\npage 7\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history\nInformation Privacy Regulation 2014 SL2014-25\nnotified LR 16 October 2014\ns 1, s 2 commenced 16 October 2014 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 17 October 2014 (s 2)\nas amended by\nInformation Privacy Amendment Regulation 2015 (No 1) SL2015-6\nnotified LR 26 February 2015\ns 1, s 2 commenced 26 February 2015 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 27 February 2015 (s 2)\nDangerous Substances (Loose-fill Asbestos Eradication) Legislation\nAmendment Act 2014 A2015-6 sch 1 pt 1.5\nnotified LR 31 March 2015\ns 1, s 2 commenced 31 March 2015 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.5 commenced 17 April 2015 (s 2 and CN2015-6)\nInformation Privacy Amendment Regulation 2017 (No 1) SL2017-4\nnotified LR 1 March 2017\ns 1, s 2 commenced 1 March 2017 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 2 March 2017 (s 2 and see Justice and\nCommunity Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2017 A2017-5 s 2 (3))\nLoose-fill Asbestos Legislation Amendment Act 2020 A2020-20 sch 1\npt 1.6\nnotified LR 27 May 2020\ns 1, s 2 commenced 27 May 2020 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.6 commenced 1 July 2020 (s 2)\nJustice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment\nAct 2023 (No 3) A2023-57 sch 1 pt 1.4\nnotified LR 11 December 2023\ns 1, s 2 commenced 11 December 2023 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.4 commenced 12 December 2023 (s 2 (1))\n\nEndnotes\n4 Amendment history\npage 8 Information Privacy Regulation 2014\nEffective: 12/12/23\nR6\n12/12/23\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n4 Amendment history\nCommencement\ns 2 om LA s 89 (4)\nPrescribed interstate laws—Act, s 21 (4), def corresponding privacy law, par\n(b)\ns 5A ins SL2017-4 s 4\nExemption—residential premises and loose-fill asbestos insulation—Act, s\n25 (1) (h)\ns 6 hdg sub SL2015-6 s 4\ns 6 am SL2015-6 s 5; A2023-57 amdt 1.9\nExemption—ACT courts case management system project—Act, s 25 (1) (h)\ns 7 ins SL2015-6 s 6\nDictionary\ndict am SL2015-6 s 7\ndef loose-fill asbestos insulation sub A2015-6 amdt 1.12\nam A2020-20 amdt 1.16\n\nEndnotes\nEarlier republications 5\nR6\n12/12/23\nInformation Privacy Regulation 2014\nEffective: 12/12/23\npage 9\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n5 Earlier republications\nSome earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to\nthe publication order.\nSince 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in\nelectronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register. A selection of authorised\nrepublications have also been published in printed format. These republications are\nmarked with an asterisk (*) in column 1. Electronic and printed versions of an\nauthorised republication are identical.\nRepublication\nNo and date\nEffective Last\namendment\nmade by\nRepublication\nfor\nR1\n17 Oct 2014\n17 Oct 2014–\n26 Feb 2015\nnot amended new regulation\nR2\n27 Feb 2015\n27 Feb 2015–\n16 Apr 2015\nSL2015-6 amendments by\nSL2015-6\nR3\n17 Apr 2015\n17 Apr 2015–\n1 Mar 2017\nA2015-6 amendments by\nA2015-6\nR4\n2 Mar 2017\n2 Mar 2017–\n30 June 2020\nSL2017-4 amendments by\nSL2017-4\nR5\n1 July 2020\n1 July 2020–\n11 Dec 2023\nA2020-20 amendments by\nA2020-20\n© Australian Capital Territory 2023","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. 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The amendments since 2014 have been minor technical updates and additions (such as adding the Western Australia court project exemption in 2015 and updating references), without expanding the regulation's scope beyond these specific administrative functions."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document—only 7 operative sections plus dictionary and endnotes","Minimal defined terms (only 4 specific definitions in the dictionary: asbestos response taskforce, building work, class of building, and residential premises)","Simple structure with no nested exceptions or conditional logic beyond basic prescription of agencies and exemptions","Cross-references are straightforward signposts to the parent Act and other legislation (Building Act 2004, Dangerous Substances Act 2004)","No penalty provisions, enforcement mechanisms, or procedural requirements within the regulation itself"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation brings the Asbestos Response Taskforce under the ACT’s Information Privacy Act, recognises comparable NSW and Victorian privacy laws for cross‑border information sharing, and creates two targeted privacy exemptions.  \n\nIt lets agencies notify affected homeowners, tenants or builders about loose‑fill asbestos at specific properties for safety, and allows the ACT courts to share personal data with WA’s Attorney‑General’s Department to develop and maintain a shared court case‑management system."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The regulation’s scope has been expanded through amendments that added prescribed interstate laws (s 5A) and targeted exemptions: disclosure about loose‑fill asbestos by the Asbestos Response Taskforce and its administrative unit (s 6) and disclosure/use of personal information by the ACT courts’ administrative unit for a case management system project with WA (s 7). These additions narrow privacy protections in specific, enumerated contexts and broaden lawful recipients and uses."},"complexity_factors":["Short instrument with limited number of provisions (prescriptions and exemptions) — easy to read but narrow in effect.","Cross-references to other statutes and external definitions (Information Privacy Act 2014; Building Act 2004; Dangerous Substances Act 2004) increase retrieval work for users.","Targeted, conditional exemptions (loose‑fill asbestos disclosures; ACT courts case management project) require factual triggers and role-based recipient checks.","Inter-jurisdictional data sharing: recognition of NSW and Victoria privacy laws and disclosure to WA Department of the Attorney General introduces coordination and legal-compliance considerations across jurisdictions.","Definitions and prescribed agencies are statutory rather than operational rules, limiting administrative discretion but creating formal boundaries that must be checked against agency responsibilities."],"plain_english_summary":"Mechanically, the regulation names specific public sector agencies and creates narrow exemptions to the Information Privacy Act 2014: it recognises two interstate privacy laws, authorises the Asbestos Response Taskforce and its administrative unit to disclose information about loose‑fill asbestos in residential premises to owners, occupiers and builders, and allows the ACT courts’ administrative unit to disclose and use personal information for a case management system project with Western Australia. It affects agencies and people linked to premises or systems, widening lawful recipients and reducing compliance obligations."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/information-privacy-regulation-2014","history":"/api/acts/information-privacy-regulation-2014/history","analysis":"/api/acts/information-privacy-regulation-2014/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/information-privacy-regulation-2014/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/information-privacy-regulation-2014/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/information-privacy-regulation-2014/documents"}}