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Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998
59SExemption for eligible data breaches of multiple public sector agencies
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#### 59S Exemption for eligible data breaches of multiple public sector agencies
59S Exemption for eligible data breaches of multiple public sector agencies
> > (1) This section applies if—
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> > > (a) the access, disclosure or loss that constituted an eligible data breach of the public sector agency is a breach of at least 1 other public sector agency, and
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> > > (b) an assessment has been carried out for each of the public sector agencies involved in the breach under Division 2, and
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> > > (c) the heads of each of the public sector agencies involved in the breach have notified the Privacy Commissioner under section 59M.
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> > (2) The head of a public sector agency is exempt from Division 3, Subdivision 3 if the head of another public sector agency involved in the same breach undertakes to notify the eligible data breach under the Subdivision.
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> **s 59S:** Ins 2022 No 74, Sch 1\[11\].