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Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998
59PPublic notification
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#### 59P Public notification
59P Public notification
> > (1) This section applies if—
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> > > (a) a notification is required to be given under section 59N(2), or
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> > > (b) the head of an agency decides to give a notification under this section.
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> > (2) The head of a public sector agency must keep a register that is available on the public sector agency’s website (a public notification register).
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> > (3) The notification must, if it is reasonably practicable for the information to be provided—
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> > > (a) be published on the public notification register for at least 12 months after the date the notification is published, and
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> > > (b) include the information specified in section 59O, except to the extent the information—
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> > > > (i) contains personal information, or
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> > > > (ii) would prejudice the agency’s functions.
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> > (4) As soon as practicable after the notification is published, the agency must provide the Privacy Commissioner with information about how to access the notification on the public notification register.
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> > (5) The Privacy Commissioner must publish on the Privacy Commissioner’s website information about how to access the notification for at least 12 months after the date the notification is published.
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> Example of information about how to access a notification—
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> A link to the website on which the notification is published.
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> **s 59P:** Ins 2022 No 74, Sch 1\[11\].