Privacy Regulation 2013

Select Legislative Instrument No. 262, 2013

made under the

Privacy Act 1988

Compilation No. 18

Compilation date:                              27 May 2023

Includes amendments up to:            F2023L00613

Registered:                                         20 June 2023

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Privacy Regulation 2013 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 27 May 2023 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

Uncommenced amendments

The effect of uncommenced amendments is not shown in the text of the compiled law. Any uncommenced amendments affecting the law are accessible on the Legislation Register (www.legislation.gov.au). The details of amendments made up to, but not commenced at, the compilation date are underlined in the endnotes. For more information on any uncommenced amendments, see the series page on the Legislation Register for the compiled law.

Application, saving and transitional provisions for provisions and amendments

If the operation of a provision or amendment of the compiled law is affected by an application, saving or transitional provision that is not included in this compilation, details are included in the endnotes.

Editorial changes

For more information about any editorial changes made in this compilation, see the endnotes.

Modifications

If the compiled law is modified by another law, the compiled law operates as modified but the modification does not amend the text of the law. Accordingly, this compilation does not show the text of the compiled law as modified. For more information on any modifications, see the series page on the Legislation Register for the compiled law.

Self‑repealing provisions

If a provision of the compiled law has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law, details are included in the endnotes.

  

  

  

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary                                                                                                             1

1............ Name of regulation.............................................................................. 1

3............ Authority............................................................................................. 1

5............ Definitions.......................................................................................... 1

6............ Consumer credit liability information.................................................. 2

7............ Small business operators treated as organisations............................... 3

8............ State authorities treated as organisations............................................. 3

9............ State instrumentality treated as an organisation................................... 4

10.......... Meaning of credit provider.................................................................. 4

11.......... Meaning of credit reporting business.................................................. 5

12.......... Meaning of repayment history information......................................... 5

13AA.... Use or disclosure of credit reporting information................................ 5

13A....... Permitted disclosure of credit information by commercial credit providers              6

14.......... Permitted disclosure of credit information to a credit reporting body.. 6

Part 2—Australian Privacy Principles                                                                      7

15.......... Exceptions to Australian Privacy Principle 9.1................................... 7

16.......... Exceptions to Australian Privacy Principle 9.2................................... 7

17.......... Exceptions to Australian Privacy Principle 9.2—Centrelink Confirmation eServices (customer confirmation and income confirmation)............................................... 7

18.......... Exceptions to Australian Privacy Principle 9.2—Centrelink Confirmation eServices (superannuation confirmation)....................................................................................... 9

Part 3—Privacy Advisory Committee                                                                     10

20.......... Travelling allowance—within Australia............................................ 10

Part 4—Secrecy                                                                                                                     11

21.......... Designated secrecy provisions.......................................................... 11

Part 5—Transitional                                                                                                           12

22.......... Transitional....................................................................................... 12

23.......... Application of the Privacy Amendment (Protection of Australian Farms) Regulations 2019  12

Schedule 1—Agencies                                                                                              13

Endnotes                                                                                                                                    16

Endnote 1—About the endnotes                                                                            16

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key                                                                                17

Endnote 3—Legislation history                                                                             18

Endnote 4—Amendment history                                                                           20

Part 1—Preliminary

  

1  Name of regulation

                   This regulation is the Privacy Regulation 2013.

3  Authority

                   This regulation is made under the Privacy Act 1988.

5  Definitions

                   In this regulation:

Act means the Privacy Act 1988.

agency means an agency that is:

                     (a)  an agency within the meaning of subsection 6(1) of the Act; or

                     (b)  an agency mentioned in:

                              (i)  Schedule 1; or

                             (ii)  Schedule 1 to the Financial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997; or

                            (iii)  subregulation 4(1) of the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Regulations 1997; or

                            (iv)  Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Regulations 1997; or

                     (c)  an agency in relation to which the Minister is satisfied that the events mentioned in paragraphs 100(2)(a) and (b) of the Act have occurred.

Ausgrid means the body established by the Energy Services Corporations Act 1995 (NSW).

AustralianSuper means AustralianSuper Pty Ltd, ABN 65 714 394 898, and includes a payroll contractor of AustralianSuper.

AvSuper means AvSuper Pty Ltd, ABN 84 421 446 069, and includes a payroll contractor of AvSuper.

Centrelink Confirmation eServices scheme means the scheme of that name that is administered by the Human Services Department.

Centrelink program has the meaning given by section 40 of the Human Services (Centrelink) Act 1997.

Customer Reference Number means the number assigned to an individual, in relation to a Centrelink program, by the Department administered by the Minister who administers the Human Services (Centrelink) Act 1997.

DVA File Number means the file number assigned to an individual by the Department administered by the Minister who administers the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.

DVA unique identification number means the unique identification number assigned to an individual by the Department administered by the Minister who administers the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.

Endeavour Energy means the body established by the Energy Services Corporations Act 1995 (NSW).

Essential Energy means the body established by the Energy Services Corporations Act 1995 (NSW).

HomeStart Finance means the body established by regulation 4 of the Housing and Urban Development (Administrative Arrangements) (HomeStart Finance) Regulations 1995 (SA).

Human Services Department means the Department administered by the Human Services Minister.

Human Services Minister means the Minister administering the Human Services (Centrelink) Act 1997.

payroll contractor, of an organisation (the principal organisation), means an organisation that is responsible, under a contract, for processing, on behalf of the principal organisation, any payments received by, or on behalf of, the principal organisation from an agency, its agent or its contracted service provider for the benefit of an individual employed, or formerly employed, by the agency.

payroll number, assigned to an individual by an agency, means the identifier assigned to the individual by the agency, its agent or its contracted service provider for the purpose of providing salary and other employment benefits to the individual.

residential tenancy database means a database that:

                     (a)  stores personal information in relation to an individual’s occupation of residential premises as a tenant; and

                     (b)  can be accessed by a person other than the operator of the database or a person acting for the operator.

6  Consumer credit liability information

                   For paragraph (e) of the definition of consumer credit liability information in subsection 6(1) of the Act, the terms or conditions of the consumer credit are the following:

                     (a)  how the principal and interest on the consumer credit are to be paid, namely whether:

                              (i)  the principal and interest are to be paid in full; or

                             (ii)  the principal and interest are to be paid, leaving a residual unpaid amount of principal and interest at the end of the term of the consumer credit; or

                            (iii)  only the interest is to be paid;

                     (b)  whether the term of the consumer credit is fixed or revolving;

                     (c)  if the term of the consumer credit is fixed—the length of the term;

                     (d)  whether the individual is a guarantor to another individual in relation to the other individual’s credit;

                     (e)  whether the consumer credit is secured or unsecured;

                      (f)  any variation to any of the terms or conditions mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e).

7  Small business operators treated as organisations

Aussie Farms Inc.

          (1A)  For the purposes of subsection 6E(1) of the Act, Aussie Farms Inc (ABN 17 356 117 654) is prescribed.

Small business operators that operate residential tenancy databases

             (1)  For subsection 6E(2) of the Act, a small business operator that operates a residential tenancy database is prescribed.

             (2)  For subsection 6E(2) of the Act, the following acts or practices of a small business operator of the kind mentioned in subsection (1) are prescribed:

                     (a)  an act done, or a practice engaged in, in connection with collecting personal information for the purpose of establishing or maintaining a residential tenancy database;

                     (b)  an act done, or a practice engaged in, in connection with maintaining personal information on a residential tenancy database;

                     (c)  an act done, or a practice engaged in, in connection with using or disclosing personal information that is stored on a residential tenancy database.

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.

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);”.

9  State instrumentality treated as an organisation

             (1)  For subsection 6F(1) of the Act, HomeStart Finance, an authority of South Australia, is prescribed.

             (2)  Australian Privacy Principle 11.2 does not apply to HomeStart Finance.

10  Meaning of credit provider

             (1)  For subparagraph 6G(1)(d)(ii) of the Act, the following agencies, organisations or small business operators are prescribed as credit providers:

                     (a)  Indigenous Business Australia;

                     (b)  Export Finance and Insurance Corporation;

                     (c)  the Regional Investment Corporation.

             (2)  For subsection 6G(6) of the Act, an organisation or small business operator is not a credit provider in relation to an individual if the organisation or small business operator acts in the capacity of a current or prospective landlord of the individual.

11  Meaning of credit reporting business

             (1)  For subsection 6P(4) of the Act, a business or undertaking is not a credit reporting business if the business or undertaking is in a class of businesses or undertakings that:

                     (a)  provides personal information to a credit provider; and

                     (b)  provides the information to:

                              (i)  verify an individual’s identity; or

                             (ii)  validate other information relating to the individual’s financial position (such as real property assets) that the individual provides to the credit provider.

             (2)  A class of businesses or undertakings complies with paragraph (1)(b) if the class of businesses or undertakings:

                     (a)  compiles information about the individual from sources, including publicly available sources; and

                     (b)  provides the information to the credit provider to assist the credit provider to:

                              (i)  verify the individual’s identity; or

                             (ii)  verify that the individual owns the real estate or other assets that the individual claims to own; or

                            (iii)  validate the individual’s claimed financial position (in relation to the value of the individual’s assets).

12  Meaning of repayment history information

                   For paragraph 6V(2)(a) of the Act, an individual will be taken to have not met an obligation to make a monthly payment that is due and payable in relation to consumer credit if the individual misses any or all repayments due in a month, irrespective of the actual payment cycle for that obligation.

13AA  Use or disclosure of credit reporting information

                   For the purposes of paragraph 20E(4)(a) of the Act, the following credit providers are prescribed:

                     (a)  Indigenous Business Australia;

                     (b)  the Regional Investment Corporation.

13A  Permitted disclosure of credit information by commercial credit providers

                   For subparagraph 21D(2)(a)(i) of the Act, a credit provider is prescribed if:

                     (a)  the credit provider discloses credit information; and

                     (b)  the disclosure is made in connection with the provision of commercial credit.

14  Permitted disclosure of credit information to a credit reporting body

             (1)  For the purposes of subparagraph 21D(2)(a)(i) of the Act, the following credit providers are prescribed:

                     (a)  Indigenous Business Australia;

                     (b)  if the Regional Investment Corporation is not a member of, or subject to, a recognised external dispute resolution scheme—the Regional Investment Corporation.

             (2)  For the purposes of subparagraph 21D(3)(c)(i) of the Act, the following credit providers are prescribed:

                     (a)  Indigenous Business Australia;

                     (b)  the Regional Investment Corporation.

Part 2—Australian Privacy Principles

  

15  Exceptions to Australian Privacy Principle 9.1

                   For subclause 9.3 of the Australian Privacy Principles:

                     (a)  AvSuper is a prescribed organisation; and

                     (b)  the payroll number assigned to an individual by Airservices Australia, or the Civil Aviation Safety Authority, is a prescribed identifier; and

                     (c)  the prescribed circumstance is that the payroll number is adopted by AvSuper to provide a superannuation service to the individual.

16  Exceptions to Australian Privacy Principle 9.2

                   For subclause 9.3 of the Australian Privacy Principles:

                     (a)  AustralianSuper and AvSuper are each a prescribed organisation; and

                     (b)  the payroll number assigned to an individual by an agency is a prescribed identifier; and

                     (c)  the prescribed circumstance is that the payroll number is used or disclosed by AustralianSuper or AvSuper to provide a superannuation service to the individual.

17  Exceptions to Australian Privacy Principle 9.2—Centrelink Confirmation eServices (customer confirmation and income confirmation)

             (1)  For subclause 9.3 of the Australian Privacy Principles:

                     (a)  each of the following is a prescribed identifier:

                              (i)  a Customer Reference Number;

                             (ii)  a DVA file number;

                            (iii)  a DVA unique identification number; and

                     (b)  an organisation is a prescribed organisation if the organisation:

                              (i)  is a participant in the Centrelink Confirmation eServices scheme; and

                             (ii)  is included in a class of organisations set out in the table in subsection (2); and

                     (c)  the prescribed circumstance is that a prescribed organisation uses or discloses an individual’s prescribed identifier, with the individual’s consent, to access services provided under the Centrelink Confirmation eServices scheme to enquire whether the individual is entitled to receive a concession, service or assistance.

             (2)  The classes of organisations are set out in the following table:

 

Classes of organisations that can use or disclose Customer Reference Numbers, DVA File Numbers and DVA unique identification numbers
Item	Class of organisation
1	Organisations that provide healthcare services or healthcare products, including any of the following: (a) hospitals; (b) providers of hearing products and hearing services; (c) providers of disability support services; (d) providers of counselling and mental health services; (e) providers of drug treatment and rehabilitation services.
2	Organisations that are education providers, including any of the following: (a) pre‑schools, primary schools and secondary schools; (b) providers of childcare services; (c) universities, TAFE, community colleges and other tertiary education providers; (d) adult education providers; (e) organisations that provide administrative services to education providers.
3	Organisations that provide any of the following: (a) electricity; (b) gas; (c) water; (d) telecommunications services; (e) broadband internet services.
4	Organisations that provide passenger rail services.
5	Organisations that provide motor vehicle roadside assistance services.
6	Organisations that provide trustee services.
7	Organisations that provide welfare services, including any of the following: (a) advocacy organisations; (b) organisations that provide assistance to: (i) elderly persons; or (ii) disabled persons; or (iii) immigrants and refugees; or (iv) Indigenous Australians; or (v) families; or (vi) children; or (vii) persons impacted by domestic violence; or (viii) homeless persons; or (ix) prisoners.
8	Organisations that provide free or subsidised social housing, facilities management services, mortgages or accommodation services to any of the following: (a) socially or economically disadvantaged persons; (b) elderly persons; (c) disabled persons; (d) Indigenous Australians.
9	Organisations that provide legal aid services, including any of the following: (a) legal aid organisations operated by the Commonwealth government, or the government of a State or Territory; (b) legal practitioners who provide services for or on behalf of legal aid organisations; (c) a court of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.
10	Organisations that provide services on behalf of local government.
11	Organisations that provide any of the following: (a) financial planning services; (b) financial products and services (including brokers); (c) insurance products and services; (d) banking services and loans as a credit union; (e) subsidised or reduced interest loans.

18  Exceptions to Australian Privacy Principle 9.2—Centrelink Confirmation eServices (superannuation confirmation)

                   For subclause 9.3 of the Australian Privacy Principles:

                     (a)  a Customer Reference Number is a prescribed identifier; and

                     (b)  an organisation is a prescribed organisation if the organisation:

                              (i)  is a participant in the Centrelink Confirmation eServices scheme; and

                             (ii)  provides superannuation products and services; and

                     (c)  the prescribed circumstance is that a prescribed organisation uses or discloses an individual’s prescribed identifier, with the individual’s consent, to access services provided under the Centrelink Confirmation eServices scheme to enquire whether the individual is entitled to the early release of superannuation on the ground of financial hardship.

Part 3—Privacy Advisory Committee

  

20  Travelling allowance—within Australia

                   For section 88 of the Act, the travelling allowance payable to an appointed member is:

                     (a)  the amount that would be payable to the member if clause 3.3 of the Remuneration Tribunal Determination 2004/03 applied; or

                     (b)  the amount that would be payable to the member if clause 3.4 of the Remuneration Tribunal Determination 2004/03 applied, at the tier 2 rate.

Part 4—Secrecy

  

21  Designated secrecy provisions

                   For paragraph 80P(7)(d) of the Act, the following provisions of the Census and Statistics Act 1905 are prescribed:

                     (a)  section 19;

                     (b)  section 19A.

Part 5—Transitional

  

22  Transitional

                   For item 19 of Schedule 6 to the Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Act 2012, section 18K of the Act applies to information mentioned in that section that has not been disclosed on or after 12 March 2014 and before 1 April 2014.

23  Application of the Privacy Amendment (Protection of Australian Farms) Regulations 2019

                   Subsection 7(1A) applies in relation to acts done, and practices engaged in, after the commencement of the Privacy Amendment (Protection of Australian Farms) Regulations 2019 (whether in relation to personal information collected before or after that commencement).

Schedule 1—Agencies

Note:       See section 5.

  

 

Specified agencies
Item	Agency
1	Airservices Australia
2	Albury‑Wodonga Development Corporation
3	Anindilyakwa Land Council
4	Army and Air Force Canteen Service
5	Attorney‑General’s Department
6	Australia Council for the Arts
7	Australia Japan Foundation
7A	Australian Aged Care Quality Agency
8	Australian Broadcasting Corporation
9	Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
10	Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority
11	Australian Film Television and Radio School
12	Australian Fisheries Management Authority
13	Australian Hearing
14	Australian Heritage Council
15	Australian Industry Development Corporation
16	Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership Ltd
17	Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
18	Australian Maritime College
19	Australian Military Forces Relief Trust Fund
20	Australian National University
21	Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority
22	Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation
23	Australian Renewable Energy Agency
25	Australian Sports Commission
26	Biosecurity Advisory Council
27	Central Land Council
28	Civil Aviation Safety Authority
29	Classification Board
30	Classification Review Board
31	Clean Energy Finance Corporation
32	Clean Energy Regulator
33	Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Corporation
34	Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation
35	Cotton Research and Development Corporation
36	CRS Australia
37	Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Authority
38	Department of Agriculture
39	Department of Communications
40	Department of Defence
41	Department of Education
42	Department of Employment
43	Department of Finance
44	Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
45	Department of Health
46	Department of Human Services
47	Department of Immigration and Border Protection
48	Department of Industry
49	Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development
50	Department of Parliamentary Services
51	Department of Social Services
52	Department of the Environment
53	Department of the House of Representatives
54	Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
55	Department of the Senate
56	Department of the Treasury
57	Department of Veterans’ Affairs
58	Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
59	Food Standards Australia New Zealand
60	Forest and Wood Products Australia
61	Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation
62	Health Workforce Australia
63	Indigenous Business Australia
64	Indigenous Land Corporation
65	National Disability Insurance Scheme Launch Transition Agency
66	National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
67	National Library of Australia
69	National Native Title Tribunal
70	National Portrait Gallery of Australia
71	National Transport Commission
72	Northern Land Council
73	Parliamentary Budget Office
75	Repatriation Commission
75A	Repatriation Medical Authority
76	Royal Australian Air Force Veterans’ Residences Trust Fund
77	Royal Australian Air Force Welfare Trust Fund
78	Royal Australian Navy Central Canteens Board
79	Royal Australian Navy Relief Trust Fund
80	Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
81	Screen Australia
83	Special Broadcasting Service Corporation
83A	Specialist Medical Review Council
84	Sugar Research and Development Corporation
85	Tiwi Land Council
86	Torres Strait Regional Authority
87	Veterans’ Review Board
88	Wheat Export Authority
89	Australian Grape and Wine Authority
90	Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council

Endnotes

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

The endnotes provide information about this compilation and the compiled law.

The following endnotes are included in every compilation:

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history

Abbreviation key—Endnote 2

The abbreviation key sets out abbreviations that may be used in the endnotes.

Legislation history and amendment history—Endnotes 3 and 4

Amending laws are annotated in the legislation history and amendment history.

The legislation history in endnote 3 provides information about each law that has amended (or will amend) the compiled law. The information includes commencement details for amending laws and details of any application, saving or transitional provisions that are not included in this compilation.

The amendment history in endnote 4 provides information about amendments at the provision (generally section or equivalent) level. It also includes information about any provision of the compiled law that has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law.

Editorial changes

The Legislation Act 2003 authorises First Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial and presentational changes to a compiled law in preparing a compilation of the law for registration. The changes must not change the effect of the law. Editorial changes take effect from the compilation registration date.

If the compilation includes editorial changes, the endnotes include a brief outline of the changes in general terms. Full details of any changes can be obtained from the Office of Parliamentary Counsel.

Misdescribed amendments

A misdescribed amendment is an amendment that does not accurately describe how an amendment is to be made. If, despite the misdescription, the amendment can be given effect as intended, then the misdescribed amendment can be incorporated through an editorial change made under section 15V of the Legislation Act 2003.

If a misdescribed amendment cannot be given effect as intended, the amendment is not incorporated and “(md not incorp)” is added to the amendment history.

 

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

 

ad = added or inserted	o = order(s)
am = amended	Ord = Ordinance
amdt = amendment	orig = original
c = clause(s)	par = paragraph(s)/subparagraph(s)
C[x] = Compilation No. x	/sub‑subparagraph(s)
Ch = Chapter(s)	pres = present
def = definition(s)	prev = previous
Dict = Dictionary	(prev…) = previously
disallowed = disallowed by Parliament	Pt = Part(s)
Div = Division(s)	r = regulation(s)/rule(s)
ed = editorial change	reloc = relocated
exp = expires/expired or ceases/ceased to have	renum = renumbered
effect	rep = repealed
F = Federal Register of Legislation	rs = repealed and substituted
gaz = gazette	s = section(s)/subsection(s)
LA = Legislation Act 2003	Sch = Schedule(s)
LIA = Legislative Instruments Act 2003	Sdiv = Subdivision(s)
(md) = misdescribed amendment can be given	SLI = Select Legislative Instrument
effect	SR = Statutory Rules
(md not incorp) = misdescribed amendment	Sub‑Ch = Sub‑Chapter(s)
cannot be given effect	SubPt = Subpart(s)
mod = modified/modification	underlining = whole or part not
No. = Number(s)	commenced or to be commenced

 

Endnote 3—Legislation history

 

Number and year	FRLI registration	Commencement	Application, saving and transitional provisions
262, 2013	17 Dec 2013 (F2013L02126)	12 Mar 2014 (s 2)
8, 2014	4 Mar 2014 (F2014L00219)	12 Mar 2014 (s 2)	—
70, 2014	13 June 2014 (F2014L00707)	Sch 2 (item 2): 1 July 2014 (s 2 item 3)	—
10, 2015	2 Mar 2015 (F2015L00239)	3 Mar 2015 (s 2)	—
58, 2015	1 May 2015 (F2015L00629)	2 May 2015 (s 2)	—
95, 2015	26 June 2015 (F2015L00953)	Sch 1 (item 4): 1 July 2015 (s 2(1) item 1)	—
180, 2015	12 Nov 2015 (F2015L01786)	13 Nov 2015 (s 2(1) item 1)	—
226, 2015	16 Dec 2015 (F2015L02022)	Sch 1 (item 10): 17 Dec 2015 (s 2(1) item 1)	—

 

Name	Registration	Commencement	Application, saving and transitional provisions
Privacy Amendment (External Dispute Resolution Scheme) Regulation 2016	9 May 2016 (F2016L00707)	Sch 1: 10 May 2016 (s 2(1) item 1)	—
Privacy Amendment (Australian Government Solicitor and Energy and Water Utilities) Regulation 2016	12 Dec 2016 (F2016L01913)	Sch 1 (items 2, 3): 2 Jan 2017 (s 2(1) item 3) Remainder: 13 Dec 2016 (s 2(1) items 1, 2)	—
Privacy Amendment (Energy and Water Utilities) Regulations 2017	28 Feb 2017 (F2017L00170)	Sch 1 (item 1): 1 Mar 2017 (s 2(1) item 1)	—
Privacy Amendment (Permitted Disclosures—Energy and Water Utilities) Regulations 2017	4 Dec 2017 (F2017L01572)	1 Jan 2018 (s 2(1) item 1)	—
Privacy Amendment (Government Related Identifiers) Regulations 2017	18 Dec 2017 (F2017L01627)	19 Dec 2017 (s 2(1) item 1)	—
Privacy Amendment (Utility Credit Providers) Regulations 2017	18 Dec 2017 (F2017L01638)	Sch 1 (item 1): 1 Jan 2017 (s 2(1) item 2) Sch 1 (item 2): 1 Mar 2017 (s 2(1) item 3)	—
Privacy Amendment (Protection of Australian Farms) Regulations 2019	5 Apr 2019 (F2019L00531)	6 Apr 2019 (s 2(1) item 1)	—
Privacy Amendment (SA NT DataLink) Regulations 2019	5 Apr 2019 (F2019L00535)	6 Apr 2019 (s 2(1) item 1)	—
Privacy Amendment (External Dispute Resolution Scheme) Regulations 2019	10 Apr 2019 (F2019L00599)	Sch 1: 2 Jan 2019 (s 2(1) item 2)	—
Privacy Amendment (Extension of External Dispute Resolution Scheme Exemption) Regulations 2019	17 Dec 2019 (F2019L01644)	1 Jan 2020 (s 2(1) item 1)	—
Privacy Amendment (Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator) Regulations 2021	22 Mar 2021 (F2021L00275)	23 Mar 2021 (s 2(1) item 1)	—
Privacy Amendment (South Australia My Health Records Access) Regulations 2021	13 Dec 2021 (F2021L01760)	14 Dec 2021 (s 2(1) item 1)	—
Privacy Amendment (Regional Investment Corporation) Regulations 2023	26 May 2023 (F2023L00613)	27 May 2023 (s 2(1) item 1)	—

 

Endnote 4—Amendment history

 

Provision affected	How affected
Part 1
s 2.............................................	rep LIA s 48D
s 4.............................................	rep LIA s 48C
s 5.............................................	am No 58, 2015
s 7.............................................	am F2019L00531
s 8.............................................	am F2019L00535; F2021L00275; F2021L01760
s 10...........................................	am No 180, 2015; F2023L00613
s 13...........................................	rep F2016L01913
s 13AA.....................................	ad No 180, 2015
	rs F2023L00613
s 13A........................................	ad No 10, 2015
s 14...........................................	rs F2023L00613
s 14AA.....................................	ad F2017L01638
	rep F2017L01638
s 14A........................................	ad F2016L00707
	rep 1 Jan 2017 (s 14A(2))
	am F2016L01913 (amdt never applied (Sch 1 items 2, 3))
	ad F2017L00170
	rep end of 1 Jan 2018 (s 14A(2))
s 14B........................................	ad F2017L01572
	rep end of 1 Jan 2019 (s 14B(2))
	ad F2019L00599
	rs F2019L01644
	rep 1 Jan 2022 (s 14B(2))
Part 2
s 17...........................................	rs No 58, 2015
s 18...........................................	rs No 58, 2015
s 19...........................................	rep No 58, 2015
	ad F2017L01627
	rep 1 Feb 2018 (s 19(4))
Part 5
s 23...........................................	ad No 8, 2014
	am No 10, 2015
	rep 1 Jan 2016 (s 23(2))
	ad F2019L00531
Schedule 1
Schedule 1................................	am No 70, 2014; No 58, 2015; No 95, 2015; No 226, 2015
Schedule 2................................	rep No 58, 2015
Schedule 3................................	rep No 58, 2015
Schedule 4................................	rep No 58, 2015
Schedule 5................................	rep LIA s 48C