{"id":"F2008B00568","name":"Privacy Act 1988 - Public Interest Determination No. 4","slug":"privacy-act-1988-public-interest-determination-no-4","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":71862,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2008B00568-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Privacy Act 1988 - Public Interest Determination No. 4","content":"PRIVACY ACT 1988\n\nPART VI\n\nPUBLIC INTEREST DETERMINATION NO. 4\n\n(PID 4)\n\nDated 29 April 1991\n\nin respect of\n\nApplication No : 4 (dated 2 August 1990).\n\nApplicant : The Australian Federal Police\n\nNature of the : Disclosure of police reports for the\n\nApplication purposes of pursuing insurance claims or civil litigation.\n\nInformation Privacy : IPP 11\n\nPrinciple (IPP)\n\nConcerned\n\nDETERMINATION\n\nUnder section 72 of the Privacy Act 1988, I give notice of my determination, as follows:\n\nThe Australian Federal Police (the agency) may disclose personal information contained in criminal offence reports and motor vehicle accident reports subject to the following conditions:\n\nConditions\n\n(1) Information shall only be disclosed to the extent that it is relevant to the resolution of disputes or claims arising from the incidents which are the subject of the reports.\n\n(2) The information may only be disclosed to an individual or organisation directly affected by the incident or responsible for the management or resolution of claims arising from the incident.\n\n(3) Any disclosure shall be conditional, as far as practicable, on an undertaking from the recipient of the information that the information will be handled in a manner consistent with the Information Privacy Principles, and in particular that Information Privacy Principle 11.3 (limiting re‑use and re‑disclosure) will be observed.\n\n(4) That a record of the disclosure be noted and, where appropriate, the reason for disclosure.\n\nThe Privacy Commissioner shall monitor the operation of this determination and notes that if he considers that the determination is not being observed, he may make a further determination revoking or varying this determination.\n\nDated this 29th day of April 1991\n\nKEVIN O'CONNOR\n\nPrivacy Commissioner","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1700},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination remains strictly confined to its original 1990 application purpose: facilitating the resolution of insurance claims and civil litigation through controlled disclosure of AFP reports. It has not expanded beyond the specific operational need identified by the Australian Federal Police."},"complexity_factors":["Only four straightforward conditions with no nested exceptions","Limited to two specific document types (criminal offence and motor vehicle accident reports)","Relies on existing definitions from the Privacy Act 1988 without creating new defined terms","Clear, unambiguous language with minimal cross-referencing (only to IPP 11.3)"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination lets the Australian Federal Police disclose personal information from criminal and motor vehicle accident reports to insurers, legal representatives and other parties directly involved in settling claims or related litigation.  \n\nIt overrides the usual privacy bar because the public benefit is deemed to outweigh privacy limits, but requires disclosures be relevant, limited to involved parties, handled under privacy protections where practicable, recorded by the AFP, and subject to the Privacy Commissioner’s oversight."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/privacy-act-1988-public-interest-determination-no-4","history":"/api/acts/privacy-act-1988-public-interest-determination-no-4/history","analysis":"/api/acts/privacy-act-1988-public-interest-determination-no-4/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/privacy-act-1988-public-interest-determination-no-4/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/privacy-act-1988-public-interest-determination-no-4/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/privacy-act-1988-public-interest-determination-no-4/documents"}}