Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2015C00053:clause:6_18
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2015C00053
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 6 cl 18
Character Range: 338259–339386

18  Pre‑commencement acts and practices
(1) This item applies if:
 (a) before the commencement time, an act was done, or a practice was engaged in, by an agency or organisation; and
 (b) the act or practice may be an interference with the privacy of an individual under section 13 or 13A of the Privacy Act (as in force immediately before that time); and
 (c) immediately before that time:
 (i) the individual has not made a complaint about the act or practice to the Commissioner under section 36 of that Act; and
 (ii) the Commissioner has not decided to investigate the act or practice under subsection 40(2) of that Act.
(2) Despite the amendments of the Privacy Act made by this Act, the individual may, after the commencement time, complain to the Commissioner about the act or practice, and the complaint may be dealt with, under the Privacy Act as if those amendments had not been made.
(3) Despite the amendments of the Privacy Act made by this Act, the Commissioner may, after the commencement time, investigate the act or practice under subsection 40(2) of the Privacy Act as if those amendments had not been made.