Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998
59VExemption if inconsistent with secrecy provisions
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59V Exemption if inconsistent with secrecy provisions
59V Exemption if inconsistent with secrecy provisions
(1) If compliance with Division 3, Subdivision 3 by the head of a public sector agency would be inconsistent with a secrecy provision, the head of the agency is exempt from Division 3, Subdivision 3 to the extent of the inconsistency.
(2) In this section—
secrecy provision means a provision—
(a) of an Act or statutory rule, other than this Act, and
(b) that prohibits or regulates the use or disclosure of information.
s 59V: Ins 2022 No 74, Sch 1[11].