Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsNo. 60 of 2014
Version incorporating amendments as at
1 September 2023
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Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014
No. 60 of 2014
Version incorporating amendments as at
1 September
2023
Endnotes
1 General information
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Minister's second reading speech—
Legislative Assembly: 12 June 2014
Legislative Council: 7 August 2014
The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to provide for responsible collection and handling of personal information in the Victorian public sector, to establish a protective data security regime, to repeal the Information Privacy Act 2000 and the Commissioner for Law Enforcement Data Security Act 2005, to make consequential amendments to other Acts and for other purposes."
The Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 was assented to on 2 September 2014 and came into operation as follows:
Sections 129–136 on 3 September 2014: section 2(2); sections
1–128,
138–141 on 17 September 2014: Special Gazette (No. 317)
16 September 2014 page 1; section 137 on 1 July 2015: section 2(3).
INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)
Style changes
Section 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.
References to ILA s. 39B
Sidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided section or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subsections or subclauses, the original section or clause becomes subsection or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression "(1)" at the beginning of the original section or clause.
Interpretation
As from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:
• Headings
All headings included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Act. Any heading inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Act. This includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; sections; clauses; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms. See section 36(1A)(2A).
• Examples, diagrams or notes
All examples, diagrams or notes included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Act. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Act. See section 36(3A).
• Punctuation
All punctuation included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 forms part of that Act. Any punctuation inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Act. See section 36(3B).
• Provision numbers
All provision numbers included in an Act form part of that Act, whether inserted in the Act before, on or after 1 January 2001. Provision numbers include section numbers, subsection numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See section 36(3C).
• Location of "legislative items"
A "legislative item" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13 October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of an Act is taken to be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section 36B.
• Other material
Any explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other
material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of an Act.
See
section 36(3)(3D)(3E).
2 Table of Amendments
This publication incorporates amendments made to the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
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Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014, No. 60/2014
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Assent Date: |
2.9.14 |
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Commencement Date: |
Ss 129–136 on 3.9.14: s. 2(2); s. 141 on 17.9.14: Special Gazette (No. 317) 16.9.14 p. 1; s. 137 on 1.7.15: s. 2(3); s. 130(4) inserted on 26.4.21 by No. 11/2021 s. 170: s. 2(2) |
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Note: |
S. 141 repealed Pt 9 (ss 129–141) and Sch. 3 on 9.12.15; s. 130(4) repealed s. 130 on 26.4.23 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 |
Inquiries Act 2014, No. 67/2014
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Assent Date: |
23.9.14 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 147(Sch. 2 item 28) on 15.10.14: Special Gazette (No. 364) 14.10.14 p. 2 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 |
Statute Law Revision Act 2015, No. 21/2015
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Assent Date: |
16.6.15 |
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Commencement Date: |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 |
Health Complaints Act 2016, No. 22/2016
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Assent Date: |
3.5.16 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 240 on 1.2.17: s. 2(2) |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 |
Fines Reform and Infringements Acts Amendment Act 2016, No. 29/2016
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Assent Date: |
31.5.16 |
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Commencement Date: |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 |
Powers of Attorney Amendment Act 2016, No. 64/2016
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Assent Date: |
15.11.16 |
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This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 |
Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016, No. 69/2016
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Assent Date: |
29.11.16 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 158 on 12.3.18: s. 2(2) |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 |
Freedom of Information Amendment (Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner) Act 2017, No. 20/2017
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Assent Date: |
16.5.17 |
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Commencement Date: |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 |
Family Violence Protection Amendment (Information Sharing) Act 2017, No. 23/2017 (as amended by No. 60/2017)
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Assent Date: |
14.6.17 |
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Commencement Date: |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 |
Serious Sex Offenders (Detention and Supervision) Amendment (Governance) Act 2017, No. 57/2017
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Assent Date: |
8.11.17 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 50 on 27.2.18: Special Gazette (No. 49) 13.2.18 p. 1 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 |
Victorian Data Sharing Act 2017, No. 60/2017
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Assent Date: |
5.12.17 |
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Commencement Date: |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 |
Children Legislation Amendment (Information Sharing) Act 2018, No. 11/2018
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Assent Date: |
10.4.18 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 43 on 11.4.18: Special Gazette (No. 164) 10.4.18
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 |
Serious Offenders Act 2018, No. 27/2018
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Assent Date: |
26.6.18 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 362 on 3.9.18: Special Gazette (No. 356) 31.7.18 p. 1 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 |
Integrity and Accountability Legislation Amendment (Public Interest Disclosures, Oversight and Independence) Act 2019, No. 2/2019
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Assent Date: |
5.3.19 |
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Commencement Date: |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 |
Guardianship and Administration Act 2019, No. 13/2019
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Assent Date: |
4.6.19 |
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Commencement Date: |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 |
Children Legislation Amendment Act 2019, No. 30/2019
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Assent Date: |
17.9.19 |
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Commencement Date: |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 |
Health Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2019, No. 34/2019
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Assent Date: |
22.10.19 |
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Commencement Date: |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 |
Local Government Act 2020, No. 9/2020
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Assent Date: |
24.3.20 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 390(Sch. 1 item 80) on 6.4.20: Special Gazette (No. 150) 24.3.20 p. 1 |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 |
Justice Legislation Amendment (System Enhancements and Other Matters) Act 2021, No. 11/2021
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Assent Date: |
23.3.21 |
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Commencement Date: |
Ss 164–170 on 26.4.21: s. 2(2) |
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Current State: |
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Terrorism (Community Protection) Amendment Act 2021, No. 47/2021
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Assent Date: |
3.11.21 |
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Commencement Date: |
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Current State: |
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Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022, No. 39/2022
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Assent Date: |
6.9.22 |
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Commencement Date: |
S. 853 on 1.9.23: s. 2(2) |
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Current State: |
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 |
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3 Explanatory details
No entries at date of publication.