Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

INFORMATION PRIVACY ACT 2014

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act  
   3.      Dictionary  
   4.      Notes  
   5.      Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc  
   6.      Relationship with other laws  

   PART 2--OBJECTS AND IMPORTANT CONCEPTS

   7.      Objects of Act  
   8.      Meaning of personal information  
   9.      Meaning of public sector agency  
   10.     Reference to act or practice of a public sector agency  
   11.     Meaning of interference with individual's privacy  
   12.     Meaning of breach a TPP etc  

   PART 3--TERRITORY PRIVACY PRINCIPLES

           Division 3.1--Important concepts—Territory privacy principles

   13.     Territory privacy principles  
   14.     Definitions—sch 1  
   15.     Meaning of collects personal information—sch 1  
   16.     Meaning of holds personal information—sch 1  
   17.     Meaning of solicits personal information—sch 1  
   18.     Meaning of de-identified personal information—sch 1  
   19.     Meaning of permitted general situation in relation to the collection, use or  

           Division 3.2--Compliance with TPPs

   20.     Public sector agencies must comply with TPPs  
   21.     Privacy protection requirements for government contracts  

           Division 3.3--Other privacy compliance matters

   22.     Deemed breach in relation to acts and practices of overseas recipients of personal  
   23.     Commonwealth APPs apply to certain public sector agencies engaged in commercial  

   PART 4--EXEMPTIONS FROM APPLICATION OF ACT

   24.     Exempt public sector agencies  
   25.     Exempt acts or practices  

   PART 5--INFORMATION PRIVACY COMMISSIONER

   26.     Appointment of information privacy commissioner  
   27.     Term and conditions of appointment  
   28.     Arrangements for privacy commissioner of another jurisdiction to exercise  
   29.     Information privacy commissioner's functions  
   30.     Disclosure of interests  
   31.     Delegation of information privacy commissioner's functions  
   32.     Ending of information privacy commissioner's appointment  

   PART 6--PRIVACY COMPLAINTS

           Division 6.1--Important concepts

   33.     What is a privacy complaint etc?  

           Division 6.2--Making privacy complaints

   34.     Who may make a privacy complaint?  
   35.     How may a privacy complaint be made?  
   36.     Privacy complaint may be referred to commissioner  
   37.     Commissioner must tell respondent about complaint  

           Division 6.3--Dealing with privacy complaints

   38.     Commissioner may make preliminary inquiries  
   39.     Commissioner may decide not to deal with privacy complaint  
   40.     Dealing with privacy complaints  
   41.     Commissioner must tell parties about decision to not deal with privacy  
   42.     Commissioner may refer privacy complaint to other entity  
   43.     Commissioner may report serious or repeated interferences to Minister  
   44.     Commissioner may obtain information  

           Division 6.4--Application to court

   45.     Commissioner must tell parties application may be made to court  
   46.     Complainant may apply for court order  
   47.     What orders may a court make?  

           Division 6.5--Contracted service providers

   48.     Private sector agency must be kept informed about privacy complaint involving contracted  

   PART 7--TPP CODES

   49.     Meaning of TPP code  
   50.     Development of TPP codes and proposed amendment of TPP codes  
   51.     Public sector agencies must comply with TPP codes  

   PART 8--MISCELLANEOUS

   52.     Protection of officials from liability  
   53.     Offence—use or divulge protected information  
   54.     Report by information privacy commissioner  
   55.     Information privacy commissioner may make guidelines  
   56.     Instruments made under this Act  
   57.     Approved forms  
   58.     Regulation-making power  
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           DICTIONARY
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