Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00393:reg:4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00393
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4
Character Range: 2294–4447

4  Definitions

         (1)  Unless this rule states otherwise, any word or expression used in this rule which is defined in the Privacy Act has the same meaning as in that Act.

    (2)  In this rule:
    child: without limiting who is a child of a person, someone is a child of a person if he or she is a child of a person within the meaning of the Family Law Act 1975.

    family includes the following (without limitation):
         (a)    a de facto partner of the individual
         (b)    someone who is the child of the individual, or of whom the individual is the child
         (c)    anyone else who would be a member of the individual's family if someone mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) is taken to be a member of the individual's family.
    locating entity means:
         (a)    the Australian Federal Police
         (b)    a police force or service of a State or Territory
         (c)    the Australian Red Cross Society
         (d)    International Social Service Australia
         (e)    a Link-Up Service of a State or Territory, or
         (f)     the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

    Office of the Australian Information Commissioner means the agency established under section 5 of the Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010.

    person reported as missing means an individual:
         (a)    who has been reported as missing to a locating entity
         (b)    whose whereabouts are unknown to the locating entity, and
         (c)    who is being sought by the locating entity because there are serious concerns for their safety and/or welfare or for the purpose of re-uniting them with their family
       but does not include an individual who is being sought:
         (d)    in relation to legal matters, including but not limited to, debt, maintenance, support proceedings, wills, child custody, divorce or investigations into suspected criminal activity of the individual, or
         (e)    for the purpose of genealogical research.
    Privacy Act means the Privacy Act 1988.

    Rule means the Privacy (Persons Reported as Missing) Rule 2024.

Part 2 — Handling of personal information