Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998
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59A Definitions
59A Definitions
In this Part—
affected individual—see section 59D(2).
approved form means a form approved under section 59ZH.
assessment—see section 59E(2)(b).
assessor—see section 59G(1).
eligible data breach—see section 59D(1).
head, of a public sector agency, means—
(a) for a Public Service agency—the person who is the head of the Public Service agency within the meaning of the Government Sector Employment Act 2013, or
(b) otherwise—the person who is the chief executive officer, however described, of the agency or otherwise responsible for the agency’s day to day management.
health privacy code of practice has the same meaning as in the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002.
Health Privacy Principle has the same meaning as in the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 and a reference in this Part to a Health Privacy Principle by number is a reference to the clause of Schedule 1 of that Act with that number.
held, in relation to personal information—see section 59C.
s 59A: Ins 2009 No 54, Sch 1 [1] (transferred from the Freedom of Information Act 1989 No 5). Renumbered and am 2009 No 54, Sch 1 [1]–[11]). Rep 2010 No 71, Sch 1 [10]. Ins 2022 No 74, Sch 1[11].