25 Codes of practice register 28 26 Revocation of approval 29 27 Effect of revocation of approval or amendment or expiry of approved code 30 Division 4—Capacity to consent or make a request or exercise right of access 31 28 Capacity to consent or make a request or exercise right of access 31 Division 5—Public interest determinations and temporary public interest determinations 34 Subdivision 1—Public interest determinations 34 29 Public interest determination 34 30 Application taken to be application for temporary public interest determination on request 35 31 Commissioner may make public interest determination 36 32 Effect of public interest determination 36 33 Duration of public interest determination 37 34 Amendment of public interest determination 37 35 Revocation of public interest determination 37 36 Reporting and review 38 Subdivision 2—Temporary public interest determinations 38 37 Temporary public interest determination 38 38 Application for temporary public interest determination 39 39 Commissioner may make temporary public interest determination 39 40 Duration of temporary public interest determination 40 41 Revocation of temporary public interest determination 41 Subdivision 3—Disallowance of determinations 41 42 Disallowance of determinations 41 Division 6—Information usage arrangements 42 43 Definitions 42 44 Approval of arrangement not required if information use otherwise permitted 43 45 Meaning of information usage arrangement 43 46 Parties to an information usage arrangement 45 47 Commissioner to consider information usage arrangement 46 48 Commissioner's report 47 49 Commissioner's certificate 47 50 Ministerial approval of information usage arrangement 49 51 Effect of approved information usage arrangement 50 52 Amendment of approved information usage arrangement 50
public register means a document held by a public sector agency or a Council and open to inspection by members of the public (whether or not on payment of a fee) under an Act or regulation (other than the Freedom of Information Act 1982 or the Public Records Act 1973) containing information that— (a) a person or body was required or permitted to give to that public sector agency or Council under an Act or regulation; and s. 3 (b) would be personal information if the document were not a generally available publication; public sector agency means a public service body or a public entity within the meaning of the Public Administration Act 2004; public sector body Head has the meaning given in the Public Administration Act 2004; public sector data means any information (including personal information) obtained, received or held by an agency or body to which Part 4 applies, whether or not the agency or body obtained, received or holds that information in connection with the functions of that agency or body; public sector data system includes— (a) information technology for storage of public sector data, including hardware and software; and (b) non-electronic means for storage of public sector data; and
(a) the code or amendment is consistent with the objects of this Act in relation to the personal information to which the code applies; and (b) the code prescribes standards that are at least as stringent as the standards prescribed by the Information Privacy Principles; and (c) the code specifies— (i) the organisations bound (either wholly or to a limited extent) by the code; or (ii) a way of determining the organisations that are, or will be, bound (either wholly or to a limited extent) by the code; and (d) only organisations that consent to be bound by the code are, or will be, bound by the code. (4) Before deciding whether or not to advise the Minister to recommend approval of a code of practice or of an amendment to an approved code of practice, the Commissioner— (a) may consult any person or body that the Commissioner considers it appropriate to consult; and (b) must have regard to the extent to which members of the public have been given an opportunity to comment on the code or amendment. (5) A code of practice or an amendment to an approved code of practice comes into operation at the beginning of—
An organisation may charge an individual the prescribed fee (if any) for providing access to personal information under this Act. 120 Secrecy (1) This section applies to a person who is or has been— (a) the Commissioner; or (b) an acting Commissioner; or (c) an employee of the Commissioner; or (d) a person to whom section 67(1) of the Information Privacy Act 2000 applied immediately before its repeal; or (e) a person to whom section 15 of the Commissioner for Law Enforcement Data Security Act 2005 applied immediately before its repeal. (2) A person to whom this section applies must not, either directly or indirectly, make a record of, disclose or communicate to any person any information about an individual or organisation obtained or received in the course of performing functions or duties or exercising powers under this Act or a former Act except as provided in subsection (3). Penalty: 60 penalty units. (3) A person to whom this section applies may make a record, disclosure or communication referred to in subsection (2) if— (a) it is necessary to do so for the purposes of, or in connection with, the performance of a function or duty or the exercise of a power under this Act or a former Act; or (b) the individual or organisation to whom the information relates gives written consent to