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Australian Capital Territory
Information Privacy Regulation 2014
SL2014-25
made under the
Information Privacy Act 2014
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About this republication
The republished law
This is a republication of the Information Privacy Regulation 2014, made under the Information
Privacy Act 2014 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3
(Editorial changes)) as in force on 12 December 2023. It also includes any commencement,
amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to 12 December 2023.
The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3
and 4.
Kinds of republications
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legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):
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The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.
Editorial changes
The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial
amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.
Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by
an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The
changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into
line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.
This republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).
Uncommenced provisions and amendments
If a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol U appears immediately
before the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law
are accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more
information, see the home page for this law on the register.
Modifications
If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the
symbol M appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying
provision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation
Act 2001, section 95.
Penalties
At the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $160 for an
individual and $810 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).
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Contents
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1 Name of regulation 2
3 Dictionary 2
4 Notes 2
5 Asbestos Response Taskforce a public sector agency—Act, s 9 (h) 2
5A Prescribed interstate laws—Act, s 21 (4), def corresponding privacy
law, par (b) 2
6 Exemption—residential premises and loose-fill asbestos insulation—
Act, s 25 (1) (h) 3
7 Exemption—ACT courts case management system project—Act,
s 25 (1) (h) 3
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Dictionary 5
Endnotes
1 About the endnotes 6
2 Abbreviation key 6
3 Legislation history 7
4 Amendment history 8
5 Earlier republications 9
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1 Name of regulation
This regulation is the Information Privacy Regulation 2014.
3 Dictionary
The dictionary at the end of this regulation is part of this regulation.
Note 1 The dictionary at the end of this regulation defines certain terms used in
this regulation, and includes references (signpost definitions) to other
terms defined elsewhere.
For example, the signpost definition ‘class, of a building—see the
Building Act 2004, dictionary.’ means that the term ‘class’ is defined in
that dictionary and the definition applies to this regulation.
Note 2 A definition in the dictionary (including a signpost definition) applies to
the entire regulation unless the definition, or another provision of the
regulation, provides otherwise or the contrary intention otherwise appears
(see Legislation Act, s 155 and s 156 (1)).
4 Notes
A note included in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of this
regulation.
Note See the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.
5 Asbestos Response Taskforce a public sector agency—
Act, s 9 (h)
The asbestos response taskforce is prescribed.
5A Prescribed interstate laws—Act, s 21 (4), def
corresponding privacy law, par (b)
The following laws are prescribed:
(a) Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (NSW);
(b) Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic).
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6 Exemption—residential premises and loose-fill asbestos
insulation—Act, s 25 (1) (h)
(1) The following public sector agencies are prescribed:
(a) the administrative unit responsible for administering the
asbestos response taskforce;
(b) the asbestos response taskforce.
(2) The Act does not apply to the prescribed public sector agencies in
relation to the disclosure of information about whether residential
premises contain, or have contained, loose-fill asbestos insulation
including any relevant related information (other than the identity of
an individual) to the following people:
(a) anyone who was an owner of the premises or who is, or was, an
occupier of the premises;
(b) anyone who has carried out, is carrying out or intends to carry
out building work on the premises.
Examples—relevant related information
• existence of clearance certificate by asbestos removalist on building file
• that premises have been demolished
• date of demolition of premises
7 Exemption—ACT courts case management system
project—Act, s 25 (1) (h)
(1) The administrative unit responsible for the administration of ACT
courts (the relevant administrative unit) is prescribed.
(2) The following matters are prescribed:
(a) the disclosure of personal information held by the relevant
administrative unit to the Department of the Attorney General
of Western Australia (however described) for the case
management system project;
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(b) the use of the personal information for the case management
system project.
Note Personal information includes sensitive information (see Act, s 14, def
sensitive information).
(3) In this section:
case management system project means—
(a) the development, testing and installation of an information
management system for cases heard, or to be heard, by ACT
courts; and
(b) the ongoing maintenance and upgrading of the system.
Dictionary
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Dictionary
(see s 3)
Note 1 The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to
this regulation.
Note 2 For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:
• in relation to
• prescribed.
Note 3 Terms used in this regulation have the same meaning that they have in
the Information Privacy Act 2014 (see Legislation Act, s 148). For
example, the following term is defined in the Information Privacy
Act 2014, dict:
• ACT court
• public sector agency (see s 9).
asbestos response taskforce means the asbestos response taskforce
established by the ACT government in June 2014.
building work—see the Building Act 2004, section 6.
class, of a building—see the Building Act 2004, dictionary.
loose-fill asbestos insulation—see the Dangerous Substances
Act 2004, section 47I.
residential premises means premises, or a part of premises, that are a
class 1, class 2 or class 10 building.
Endnotes
1 About the endnotes
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Endnotes
1 About the endnotes
Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the
amendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law
but are set out in the endnotes.
Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are
annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be
obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Uncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details
of these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are
underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.
If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered
provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.
The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.
2 Abbreviation key
A = Act NI = Notifiable instrument
AF = Approved form o = order
am = amended om = omitted/repealed
amdt = amendment ord = ordinance
AR = Assembly resolution orig = original
ch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph
CN = Commencement notice pres = present
def = definition prev = previous
DI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously
dict = dictionary pt = part
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule
Assembly reloc = relocated
div = division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No
Gaz = gazette RI = reissue
hdg = heading s = section/subsection
IA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule
ins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision
LA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law
LR = legislation register sub = substituted
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced
mod = modified/modification or to be expired
Endnotes
Legislation history 3
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3 Legislation history
Information Privacy Regulation 2014 SL2014-25
notified LR 16 October 2014
s 1, s 2 commenced 16 October 2014 (LA s 75 (1))
remainder commenced 17 October 2014 (s 2)
as amended by
Information Privacy Amendment Regulation 2015 (No 1) SL2015-6
notified LR 26 February 2015
s 1, s 2 commenced 26 February 2015 (LA s 75 (1))
remainder commenced 27 February 2015 (s 2)
Dangerous Substances (Loose-fill Asbestos Eradication) Legislation
Amendment Act 2014 A2015-6 sch 1 pt 1.5
notified LR 31 March 2015
s 1, s 2 commenced 31 March 2015 (LA s 75 (1))
sch 1 pt 1.5 commenced 17 April 2015 (s 2 and CN2015-6)
Information Privacy Amendment Regulation 2017 (No 1) SL2017-4
notified LR 1 March 2017
s 1, s 2 commenced 1 March 2017 (LA s 75 (1))
remainder commenced 2 March 2017 (s 2 and see Justice and
Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2017 A2017-5 s 2 (3))
Loose-fill Asbestos Legislation Amendment Act 2020 A2020-20 sch 1
pt 1.6
notified LR 27 May 2020
s 1, s 2 commenced 27 May 2020 (LA s 75 (1))
sch 1 pt 1.6 commenced 1 July 2020 (s 2)
Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment
Act 2023 (No 3) A2023-57 sch 1 pt 1.4
notified LR 11 December 2023
s 1, s 2 commenced 11 December 2023 (LA s 75 (1))
sch 1 pt 1.4 commenced 12 December 2023 (s 2 (1))
Endnotes
4 Amendment history
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4 Amendment history
Commencement
s 2 om LA s 89 (4)
Prescribed interstate laws—Act, s 21 (4), def corresponding privacy law, par
(b)
s 5A ins SL2017-4 s 4
Exemption—residential premises and loose-fill asbestos insulation—Act, s
25 (1) (h)
s 6 hdg sub SL2015-6 s 4
s 6 am SL2015-6 s 5; A2023-57 amdt 1.9
Exemption—ACT courts case management system project—Act, s 25 (1) (h)
s 7 ins SL2015-6 s 6
Dictionary
dict am SL2015-6 s 7
def loose-fill asbestos insulation sub A2015-6 amdt 1.12
am A2020-20 amdt 1.16