263Application of Commonwealth Privacy Act

263 Application of Commonwealth Privacy Act

263 Application of Commonwealth Privacy Act

(1) The Privacy Act applies as a law of a participating jurisdiction for the purposes of the National Quality Framework.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the Privacy Act applies—

(a) as if a reference to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner were a reference to the Office of the National Education and Care Services Privacy Commissioner; and

(b) as if a reference to the Privacy Commissioner were a reference to the National Education and Care Services Privacy Commissioner; and

(c) with any other modifications made by the national regulations.

(3) Without limiting subsection (2)(c), the national regulations may—

(a) provide that the Privacy Act applies under subsection (1) as if a provision of the Privacy Act specified in the national regulations were omitted; or

(b) provide that the Privacy Act applies under subsection (1) as if an amendment to the Privacy Act made by a law of the Commonwealth, and specified in the national regulations, had not taken effect; or

(c) confer jurisdiction on a tribunal or court of a participating jurisdiction.

(4) In this section—

Privacy Act means the Privacy Act 1988 of the Commonwealth, as in force from time to time.