Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PRIVACY ACT 1988 No. 119, 1988 - SECT 8

8. (1) For the purposes of this Act:

   (a)  an act done or practice engaged in by, or information disclosed to, a
        person employed by, or in the service of, an agency or file number
        recipient in the performance of the duties of the person's employment
        shall be treated as having been done or engaged in by, or disclosed
        to, the agency or recipient;

   (b)  an act done or practice engaged in by, or information disclosed to, a
        person on behalf of, or for the purposes of the activities of, an
        unincorporated body, being a board, council, committee, sub-committee
        or other body established by or under a Commonwealth enactment for the
        purpose of assisting, or performing functions in connection with, an
        agency, shall be treated as having been done or engaged in by, or
        disclosed to, the agency; and

   (c)  an act done or practice engaged in by, or information disclosed to, a
        member or special member of the Australian Federal Police in the
        performance of his or her duties as such a member or special member
        shall be treated as having been done or engaged in by, or disclosed
        to, the Australian Federal Police.

(2) Where:

   (a)  an act done or a practice engaged in by a person, in relation to a
        record, is to be treated, under subsection (1), as having been done or
        engaged in by an agency; and

   (b)  that agency is not the record-keeper in relation to that record; that
        act or practice shall be treated as the act or the practice of the
        record-keeper in relation to that record.