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Law and Justice Legislation Amendment
                   Act 1991

 No. 136 of 1991

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

PART 1—INTRODUCTORY

Section
  1.      Short title
  2.      Commencement
  3.      Application and savings
         PART 2—AMENDMENTS OF THE AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION ACT 1979
  4.      Principal Act
  5.      Interpretation
  6.      Inspection of postal articles
  7.      Warrants for the performance of functions under paragraph 17(1)(e)
  8.      Part not to apply to certain assessments
  9.      Review of findings
         PART 3—AMENDMENTS OF THE PRIVACY ACT 1988
 10.      Principal Act
 11.      Interpretation
 12.      Credit providers
 13.      Access to credit information files and credit reports
 14.      Limits on disclosure of personal information by credit reporting agencies
 15.      Limits on use by credit providers of present information contained in credit reports etc.
 16.      Repeal of section 18M and substitution of new section:
           18M. Information to be given if an individual's application for credit is refused
17.       Limits on disclosure by credit providers of personal information contained in reports relating to credit worthiness etc.
18.       Limits on use or disclosure by mortgage insurers or trade insurers of personal information contained in credit reports

TABLE OF PROVISIONS—continued

  Section
    19.    Limits on use by certain persons of personal information obtained by credit providers
    20.    Application of this Part
           PART 4—AMENDMENT OF THE PRIVACY AMENDMENT ACT 1990
    21.    Addition of new section:
             25. Application of amendments
           PART 5—AMENDMENTS OF THE TRADE PRACTICES ACT 1974
    22.    Principal Act
    23.    Insertion of new section:
             171A. Charges by the Commission
    24.    Regulations
    25.    Validation
           SCHEDULE
           AMENDMENTS OF OTHER ACTS

                Law and Justice Legislation Amendment
                Act 1991

No. 136 of 1991

An Act to amend various Acts administered by the
Attorney-General relating to law and justice and other
matters, and for related purposes

[Assented to 12 September 1991]

  The Parliament of Australia enacts:

PART 1—INTRODUCTORY

Short tide

1. This Act may be cited as the Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 1991.

Commencement

2.(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the 28th day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(2)     Part 3 commences immediately after the commencement of the Privacy Amendment Act 1990.

  (3)     Part 4 commences on 24 September 1991.

(4)     Subject to subsection (5), the amendments of the Statutory Declarations Act 1959 made by this Act, and subsections 3(3) and (4), commence on a day to be fixed by Proclamation.

(5)     If the amendments of the Statutory Declarations Act 1959 and subsections 3(3) and (4) do not commence under subsection (2) within the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, they commence on the first day after the end of that period.

Application and savings

3.(1) A direction under section 35A of the Australian Capital