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Guidelines issued under Section 95(1) of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)

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The NHMRC Chief Executive Officer (A/g) has revoked the 2014 privacy Guidelines under s95(1) of the Privacy Act 1988 and issued updated Guidelines (2024), effective 21 March 2024.

This change makes the 2024 document the authoritative guidance for agencies conducting medical research (and their staff/third parties); compliance and transitional work rests with those agencies. The instrument itself changes which Guidelines apply but does not set substantive obligations, timelines, or enforcement details.

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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Guidelines issued under Section 95(1) of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)

I, PRUE ALISON TORRANCE, Chief Executive Officer (A/g) of the National Health and Medical Research Council, with responsibility for issuing guidelines under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) for the protection of privacy by agencies in the conduct of medical research, under section 95(1) of that Act, HEREBY;

revoke the Guidelines under Section 95(1) of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), 2014

and

issue the Guidelines under Section 95(1) of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), 2014 (updated 2024)

These guidelines take effect on the date of this instrument.

Dated this 21st day of March 2024.

[signed]

Prue Torrance Chief Executive Officer (A/g)

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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Guidelines issued under Section 95(1) of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)

revoke the Guidelines under Section 95(1) of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), 2014

and

issue the Guidelines under Section 95(1) of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), 2014 (updated 2024)

These guidelines take effect on the date of this instrument.

Dated this 21st day of March 2024.

[signed]

Prue Torrance Chief Executive Officer (A/g)