Service NSW (One-stop Access to Government Services) Act 2013
15Collection of information
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15 Collection of information
15 Collection of information
(1) It is sufficient compliance with section 10 of the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 or clause 4 of Schedule 1 to the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 in relation to the collection of information from a person by the Secretary in connection with customer service functions, if—
(a) the Secretary gives a notice to the person that refers the person to information provided by the service agency in relation to the collection of that information, and
(b) the information provided by the service agency contains the matters about which the person is required to be made aware under those provisions or, in the case of an agency of the Government of the Commonwealth or of another State or Territory, contains information that substantially meets the requirements of those provisions.
(2) It is sufficient compliance with section 10 of the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 or clause 4 of Schedule 1 to the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 in relation to the collection of information from a person by the Secretary for the purposes of section 6 of this Act, if—
(a) the Secretary gives a notice to the person that contains a statement that information given by the person is to be used for the purposes of updating information about the person held by a Government agency other than the agency for which customer services are provided to the person, and
(b) the statement refers the person to information provided by the Secretary that is available on the website of Service NSW or at the place where the information is collected and that contains the matters about which the person is required to be made aware under those provisions.
(3) It is sufficient compliance with section 10 of the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 or clause 4 of Schedule 1 to the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 in relation to the collection of information from a person by the Secretary for the purposes of section 11 of this Act, if—
(a) the Secretary gives a notice to the person that contains a statement that information given by the person may be used for the purposes set out in that section, and