16Purpose of Part

16 Purpose of Part

(1) For the purposes of paragraphs 126(2A)(b) and (c) and subsections 126(2B) and (2C) of the Act, this Part sets out: (a) requirements relating to consent by an individual to the sharing of personal information about the individual, for the purposes of sections 16A and 16B of the Act; and (b) other matters relating to how to apply those provisions so far as they relate to that consent; and (c) principles to be applied when determining the following: (i) for a project that has the data sharing purpose of delivery of government services—whether it is necessary to share personal information to properly deliver a government service; (ii) whether the public interest to be served by a project justifies the sharing of personal information without consent. (2) This Part also sets out: (a) requirements relating to consent by an individual to dealings with personal information about the individual, for the purposes of sections 20C, 20E and 20F of the Act; and (b) other matters relating to how to apply those provisions so far as they relate to that consent.