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19  Guide to this Part

      In general, this Part deals with the privacy of information relating to credit reporting.
      Divisions 2 and 3 contain rules that apply to credit reporting bodies and credit providers in relation to their handling of information relating to credit reporting.
      Division 4 contains rules that apply to affected information recipients in relation to their handling of their regulated information.
      Division 5 deals with complaints to credit reporting bodies or credit providers about acts or practices that may be a breach of certain provisions of this Part or the registered CR code.
      Division 6 deals with entities that obtain credit reporting information or credit eligibility information by false pretence, or when they are not authorised to do so under this Part.
      Division 7 provides for compensation orders, and other orders, to be made by the Federal Court or Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2).

Division 2—Credit reporting bodies

Subdivision A—Introduction and application of this Division etc.