159Application

159 Application (1) This Act does not apply in relation to government information held by or a record of a local government council for the first 2 years after the commencement of this Act. (2) A public sector organisation is not required to publish any information under section 11 in the calendar year in which this Act commences but may do so if it wishes. (3) A person is not entitled to apply under Part 3, Division 4 (Review by public sector organisation) for a review of a decision of a public sector organisation under Part 3, Division 2 (Accessing government information) or Part 3, Division 3 (Correcting personal information) if the decision is made within the first 12 months after the commencement of this Act. (4) A person is not entitled to make a complaint under Part 7 (Complaints to Information Commissioner) about the collection or handling of the person's personal information, or any other interference with the person's privacy, by a public sector organisation if the collection, handling or other interference occurs within the first 12 months after the commencement of this Act.