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Information Privacy Act 2009
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### sec.45 Approval of guideline
This section applies if a draft guideline is submitted to the Minister under section 44 .
The Minister must decide to endorse or refuse to endorse the draft.
If the Minister endorses the draft, the Minister must recommend to the Governor in Council the making of a regulation approving the guideline.
The guideline—
does not take effect unless it is approved by regulation; and
takes effect on the day prescribed by regulation for the guideline; and
expires 5 years after the day mentioned in paragraph (b) .
The information commissioner must, as soon as practicable after a regulation approving a guideline is made under this section, publish the guideline on the commissioner’s website.
s 45 amd 2017 No. 17 s 118
sub 2023 No. 32 s 33
(sec.45-ssec.1) This section applies if a draft guideline is submitted to the Minister under section 44 .
(sec.45-ssec.2) The Minister must decide to endorse or refuse to endorse the draft.
(sec.45-ssec.3) If the Minister endorses the draft, the Minister must recommend to the Governor in Council the making of a regulation approving the guideline.
(sec.45-ssec.4) The guideline— does not take effect unless it is approved by regulation; and takes effect on the day prescribed by regulation for the guideline; and expires 5 years after the day mentioned in paragraph (b) .
(sec.45-ssec.5) The information commissioner must, as soon as practicable after a regulation approving a guideline is made under this section, publish the guideline on the commissioner’s website.
- (a) does not take effect unless it is approved by regulation; and
- (b) takes effect on the day prescribed by regulation for the guideline; and
- (c) expires 5 years after the day mentioned in paragraph (b) .