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Privacy Regulation 2013
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#### 8 State authorities treated as organisations
New South Wales
(1) For the purposes of subsection 6F(1) of the Act, the following authorities of New South Wales are prescribed:
(a) Essential Energy;
(b) Ausgrid;
(c) Endeavour Energy.
Western Australia
(1A) For the purposes of subsection 6F(1) of the Act, the body known as Keystart established under the Keystart Act 2024 (WA) is prescribed.
South Australia
(2) For the purposes of subsection 6F(1) of the Act:
(a) the Department for Health and Wellbeing of South Australia is prescribed; and
(b) the modification set out in subsection (3) of this section is prescribed.
(3) The Act applies in relation to the Department for Health and Wellbeing of South Australia as if paragraph 7(1)(ee) of the Act were modified by substituting the following paragraph:
“(ee) an act done, or a practice engaged in, by the Department for Health and Wellbeing of South Australia in connection with undertaking technical data linkage work for SA NT DataLink, other than an exempt act or exempt practice (see sections 7B and 7C);”.
(4) For the purposes of subsection 6F(1) of the Act, the Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator established under the Rail Safety National Law (South Australia) Act 2012 (SA) is prescribed.
(5) For the purposes of subsection 6F(1) of the Act:
(a) the Department of the Premier and Cabinet of South Australia is prescribed; and
(b) the modification set out in subsection (6) of this section is prescribed.
(6) The Act applies in relation to the Department of the Premier and Cabinet of South Australia as if paragraph 7(1)(ee) of the Act were modified by substituting the following paragraph:
“(ee) an act done, or a practice engaged in, by the Department of the Premier and Cabinet of South Australia in relation to:
(i) access to information from the My Health Record system (within the meaning of the My Health Records Act 2012); or
(ii) information it obtains under subparagraph (i);
for the purposes of managing risks from the coronavirus known as COVID‑19, other than an exempt act or exempt practice (see sections 7B and 7C);”.
Northern Territory
(7) For the purposes of subsection 6F(1) of the Act:
(a) NT Home Ownership is prescribed; and
(b) the modification set out in subsection (8) of this section is prescribed.
(8) The Act applies in relation to NT Home Ownership as if subsection 7B(5) of the Act were modified by adding, at the end of the subsection:
“; and (c) the organisation is not a contracted service provider for a contract with NT Home Ownership.”