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26  Guide to this Part

      This Part deals with privacy codes.
      Division 2 deals with codes of practice about information privacy, called APP codes. APP code developers or the Commissioner may develop APP codes, which:
             (a) must set out how one or more of the Australian Privacy Principles are to be applied or complied with; and
             (b) may impose additional requirements to those imposed by the Australian Privacy Principles; and
             (c) may deal with other specified matters.
      If the Commissioner includes an APP code on the Codes Register, an APP entity bound by the code must not breach it. A breach of a registered APP code is an interference with the privacy of an individual.
      Division 3 deals with a code of practice about credit reporting, called a CR code. CR code developers or the Commissioner may develop a CR code, which:
             (a) must set out how one or more of the provisions of Part IIIA are to be applied or complied with; and
             (b) must deal with matters required or permitted by Part IIIA to be provided for by the registered CR code; and
             (c) may deal with other specified matters.
      If the Commissioner includes a CR code on the Codes Register, an entity bound by the code must not breach it. A breach of the registered CR code is an interference with the privacy of an individual.
      Division 4 deals with the Codes Register, guidelines relating to codes and the review of the operation of registered codes.

Division 2—Registered APP codes

Subdivision A—Compliance with registered APP codes etc.