All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions prior to 18 June 1997 is not included in this compilation. For subsequent information see Table A.
The Privacy Act 1988 was modified by the Australian Capital Territory Government Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 1994 (No. 92, 1994) as amended by the Employment Services (Consequential Amendments) Act 1994 (No. 177, 1994). The modifications are not incorporated in this compilation.
The Privacy Act 1988 was modified by the Banking (State Bank of South Australia and Other Matters) Act 1994 (No. 69, 1994) see Table B.
Table of Acts
Act
No. S126)
(a)
The Privacy Act 1988 was amended by section 5 only of the Defence
Legislation Amendment Act 1990, subsection 2(1) of which provides as
follows:
Number
and year
Date
of Assent
Date
of commencement
Application,
saving or transitional provisions
Privacy
Act 1988
119,
1988
14
Dec 1988
1
Jan 1989 (see Gazette 1988, No. S399)
Law
and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 1989
11,
1990
17
Jan 1990
Part
1 (ss. 1, 2): Royal Assent
Part 3 (ss. 6, 7): Royal Assent
Ss. 8-10: 17
July 1990
Ss. 12, 13 and 51(1)(b), (2): 17 Jan 1990 (see
s.
2(5))
Remainder: 14 Feb 1990
--
Defence
Legislation Amendment Act 1990
75,
1990
22
Oct 1990
S.
5: Royal Assent (a)
--
Privacy
Amendment Act 1990
116,
1990
24
Dec 1990
24
Sept 1991
S.
25 (ad. by 136, 1991,
s. 21)
as
amended by
Law
and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 1991
136,
1991
12
Sept 1991
Part
4 (s. 21): 24 Sept 1991 (b)
--
Law
and Justice Legislation Amendment Act (No. 3) 1992
165,
1992
11
Dec 1992
S.
4: (c)
--
Data-matching
Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990
20,
1991
23
Jan 1991
23
Jan 1991
--
Crimes
Legislation Amendment Act 1991
28,
1991
4
Mar 1991
S.
74(1): Royal Assent (d)
--
Industrial
Relations Legislation Amendment Act 1991
122,
1991
27
June 1991
Ss.
4(1), 10(b) and 15-20: 1 Dec 1988
Ss. 28(b)-(e), 30 and 31: 10 Dec 1991
(see Gazette 1991, No. S332)
Remainder: Royal Assent
S.
31(2)
Law
and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 1991
136,
1991
12
Sept 1991
Part
3 (ss. 10-20): (e)
--
Social
Security Legislation Amendment Act (No. 4) 1991
194,
1991
13
Dec 1991
S.
74 (Schedule 5 [Part 2]): (f)
--
Law
and Justice Legislation Amendment Act (No. 4) 1992
143,
1992
7
Dec 1992
7
Dec 1992
S.
2(2) and (3)
National
Health Amendment Act 1993
28,
1993
9
June 1993
9
June 1993
--
Law
and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 1993
13,
1994
18
Jan 1994
S.
22: 13 Jan 1993
Part 6 (ss. 27-41): 11 Apr 1994 (see Gazette 1994,
Remainder: Royal Assent
S.
16
Law
and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 1994
84,
1994
23
June 1994
S.
71: Royal Assent (g)
--
Australian
Capital Territory Government Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 1994
92,
1994
29
June 1994
1
July 1994 (see Gazette 1994,
No. S256)
--
Employment
Services (Consequential Amendments) Act 1994
177,
1994
19
Dec 1994
Ss.
1, 2(1), (3) and Part 2 (ss. 3-8): 19 Dec 1994 (see
s. 2(1))
S.
2(2) and Div. 4 of Part 6 (ss. 32-39): Royal Assent
Remainder: 1 Jan 1995
(see s. 2(3) and Gazette 1994, No. S472)
S.
19
Human
Rights Legislation Amendment Act 1995
59,
1995
28
June 1995
Schedule
(item 25): 30 Oct 1992
Remainder: Royal Assent
Ss.
4 and 5
Statute
Law Revision Act 1996
43,
1996
25
Oct 1996
Schedule
4 (item 122): Royal Assent (h)
--
Law
and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 1997
34,
1997
17
Apr 1997
Schedule
13: Royal Assent (i)
--
Hearing
Services and AGHS Reform Act 1997
82,
1997
18
June 1997
Schedule
4 (items 1, 2, 4-12): Royal Assent (j)
Schedule 4 (item 3):
[see (j) and Note 2]
Sch.
4 (item 12) [see Table A]
Financial
Sector Reform (Consequential Amendments) Act 1998
48,
1998
29
June 1998
Schedule
1 (item 133): 1 July 1998 (see Gazette 1998, No. S316) (k)
--
Financial
Sector Reform (Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1999
44,
1999
17
June 1999
Schedule
7 (items 126-128): (l)
--
Public
Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999
146,
1999
11
Nov 1999
Schedule
1 (items 738-747): 5 Dec 1999 (see Gazette 1999, No. S584) (m)
--
Australian
Security Intelligence Organisation Legislation Amendment Act 1999
161,
1999
10
Dec 1999
Schedule
3 (items 1, 49): (n)
--
Privacy
Amendment (Office of the Privacy Commissioner) Act 2000
2,
2000
29
Feb 2000
1
July 2000: (see Gazette 2000 No. S229)
Sch.
1 (item 15) [see Table A]
Australian
Federal Police Legislation Amendment Act 2000
9,
2000
7
Mar 2000
2
July 2000 (see Gazette 2000, No. S328)
Sch.
3 (items 20, 29, 34, 35) [see Table A]
Privacy
Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000
155,
2000
21
Dec 2000
Schedule
3: Royal Assent
Remainder: 21 Dec 2001
Sch.
1 (items 37, 53, 57, 76, 100, 124, 130)
Sch. 3 (item 4) [see Table A]
(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(b) The Privacy Amendment Act 1990 was amended by Part 4 (section 21) only of the Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 1991, subsection 2(3) of which provides as follows:
(3) Part 4 commences on 24 September 1991.
(c) The Privacy Amendment Act 1990 was amended by section 4 only of the Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act (No. 3) 1992, subsection 2(6) of which provides as follows:
(6) The amendment of the Privacy Amendment Act 1990 made by this Act is taken to have commenced immediately after the commencement of section 18 of that Act.
Section 18 commenced on 24 September 1991.
(d) The Privacy Act 1988 was amended by subsection 74(1) only of the Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 1991, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(e) The Privacy Act 1988 was amended by Part 3 (sections 10-20) only of the Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 1991, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:
(2) Part 3 commences immediately after the commencement of the Privacy Amendment Act 1990.
The Privacy Amendment Act 1990 came into operation on 24 September 1991.
(f) The Privacy Act 1988 was amended by section 74 (Schedule 5 [Part 2]) only of the Social Security Legislation Amendment Act (No. 4) 1991, subsection 2(13) of which provides as follows:
(13) Part 2 of Schedule 5 is taken to have commenced immediately after the commencement of the Data-matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990.
The Data-matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 came into operation on 23 January 1991.
(g) The Privacy Act 1988 was amended by section 71 only of the Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 1994, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(h) The Privacy Act 1988 was amended by Schedule 4 (item 122) only of the Statute Law Revision Act 1996, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(i) The Privacy Act 1988 was amended by Schedule 13 only of the Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 1997, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(j) The Privacy Act 1988 was amended by Schedule 4 (items 1-12) only of the Hearing Services and AGHS Reform Act 1997, subsections 2(1) and (3) of which provide as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(3) If Schedule 2 to the Reform of Employment Services (Consequential Provisions) Act 1997 does not commence before the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, the amendment of the definition of eligible employment services provider in subsection 6(1) of the Privacy Act 1988 made by this Act commences immediately after the commencement of Schedule 2 to the Reform of Employment Services (Consequential Provisions) Act 1997. [see Note 2]
(k) The Privacy Act 1988 was amended by Schedule 1 (item 133) only of the Financial Sector Reform (Consequential Amendments) Act 1998, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:
(2) Subject to subsections (3) to (14), Schedules 1, 2 and 3 commence on the commencement of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998.
(l) The Privacy Act 1988 was amended by Schedule 7 (items 126-128) only of the Financial Sector Reform (Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1999, subsections 3(2)(e) and (16) of which provides as follows:
(2) The following provisions commence on the transfer date:
(e) subject to subsections (12), (14) and (15), Schedule 7, other than items 43, 44, 118, 205 and 207 (the commencement of those items is covered by subsections (10), (11) and (13)).
(16) The Governor-General may, by Proclamation published in the Gazette, specify the date that is to be the transfer date for the purposes of this Act.
The transfer date was 1 July 1999 (see Gazette 1999, No. 283)
(m) The Privacy Act 1988 was amended by Schedule 1 (items 738-747) only of the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999, subsections 2(1), (2) and (4) of which provide as follows:
(1) In this Act, commencing time means the time when the Public Service Act 1999 commences.
(2) Subject to this section, this Act commences at the commencing time.
(4) If:
(a) an item (the amending item) of a Schedule to this Act is expressed to amend, or to amend a part of, a section (the amended section) of another Act; and
(b) at the time when the Public Service Act 1999 commences, the amended section:
(i) has not yet been enacted; or
(ii) has been enacted but has not yet commenced;
then the amending item commences immediately after the commencement of the amended section.
(n) The Privacy Act 1988 was amended by Schedule 3 (items 1 and 49) only of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Legislation Amendment Act 1999, subsections 2 (1) and (2) of which provide as follows:
(1) This Act (other than Schedule 3) commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Subject to subsections (3) to (6), Schedule 3 commences immediately after the commencement of the other Schedules to this Act.
Table of Amendments
ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. =
repealed and substituted
am. No. 155, 2000
am. No. 146, 1999
rep. No. 59, 1995
am. No. 155, 2000
Provision
affected
How
affected
S.
3
am.
No. 116, 1990; No. 155, 2000
Note
to s. 3
ad.
No. 155, 2000
S.
4
am.
No. 92, 1994
S.
5A
ad.
No. 116, 1990
S.
5B
ad.
No. 155, 2000
S.
6
am.
Nos. 11 and 116, 1990; Nos. 28 and 136, 1991; No. 143, 1992; Nos. 13, 92 and
177, 1994; Nos. 34 and 82,1997;
No. 48, 1998; Nos. 44, 146 and 161, 1999;
No. 155, 2000
Ss.
6A-6D
ad.
No. 155, 2000
S.
6DA
ad.
No. 155, 2000
S.
6E
ad.
No. 155, 2000
S.
6EA
ad.
No. 155, 2000
S.
6F
ad.
No. 155, 2000
Heading
to s. 7
am.
No. 155, 2000
S.
7
am.
Nos. 75 and 116, 1990; Nos. 13, 84, 92 and 177, 1994;
No. 82, 1997; No.
155, 2000
Ss.
7A-7C
ad.
No. 155, 2000
Heading
to s. 8
am.
No. 155, 2000
S.
8
am.
No. 116, 1990; No. 28, 1991; No. 155, 2000
Ss.
9-11
am.
No. 28, 1991
S.
11A
ad.
No. 116, 1990
S.
11B
ad.
No. 116, 1990
am.
No. 136, 1991; No. 143, 1992; No. 34, 1997; No. 44, 1999
S.
12A
ad.
No. 116, 1990
S.
12B
ad.
No. 155, 2000
Heading
to Div. 1 of Part III
ad.
No. 155, 2000
S.
13
am.
No. 116, 1990; Nos. 20 and 194, 1991; No. 28, 1993; No. 155, 2000
Ss.
13A-13F
ad.
No. 155, 2000
Heading
to Div. 2 of Part III
ad.
No. 155, 2000
Div.
3 of Part III
(ss. 16A-16F)
ad.
No. 155, 2000
Ss.
16A-16F
ad.
No. 155, 2000
Heading
to Div. 4 of Part III
ad.
No. 155, 2000
S.
17
am.
No. 116, 1990
Heading
to Div. 5 of Part III
ad.
No. 155, 2000
S.
18A
ad.
No. 116, 1990
S.
18B
ad.
No. 116, 1990
Part
IIIAA
(ss. 18BA-18BI)
ad.
No. 155, 2000
Ss.
18BA-18BI
ad.
No. 155, 2000
Part
IIIA
(ss. 18C-18V)
ad.
No. 116, 1990
Ss.
18C, 18D
ad.
No. 116, 1990
Ss.
18E, 18F
ad.
No. 116, 1990
am.
No. 143, 1992; No. 34, 1997
S.
18G
ad.
No. 116, 1990
S.
18H
ad.
No. 116, 1990
am.
No. 136, 1991
S.
18J
ad.
No. 116, 1990
Ss.
18K, 18L
ad.
No. 116, 1990
am.
No. 136, 1991; No. 143, 1992
S.
18M
ad.
No. 116, 1990
rs.
No. 136, 1991
am.
No. 143, 1992
S.
18N
ad.
No. 116, 1990
am.
No. 136, 1991; No. 143, 1992; No. 13, 1994
S.
18NA
ad.
No. 34, 1997
Ss.
18P, 18Q
ad.
No. 116, 1990
am.
No. 136, 1991; No. 143, 1992
Ss.
18R-18U
ad.
No. 116, 1990
S.
18V
ad.
No. 116, 1990
am.
No. 136, 1991
Heading
to Part IV
rs.
No. 2, 2000
Heading
to Div. 1 of Part IV
rs.
No. 2, 2000
S.
19
ad.
No. 2, 2000
S.
19
am.
No. 59, 1995
Renumbered
s. 19A
No.
2, 2000
S.
21
am.
No. 59, 1995
S.
22
rs.
No. 122, 1991
am.
No. 146, 1999
S.
25
am.
No. 122, 1991
S.
26A
ad.
No. 2, 2000
S.
27
am.
No. 20, 1991; No. 28, 1993; No. 155, 2000
S.
28
am.
No. 116, 1990
S.
28A
ad.
No. 116, 1990
Ss.
29, 30
am.
No. 116, 1990; No. 155, 2000
S.
31
am.
No. 20, 1991; No. 155, 2000
S.
32
am.
No. 116, 1990 (as am. by No. 165, 1992); No. 20, 1991
S.
33
am.
No. 92, 1994
S.
36
am.
No. 11, 1990; No. 13, 1994; Nos. 2 and 155, 2000
S.
37
am.
Nos. 92 and 177, 1994; No. 82, 1997; No. 155, 2000
S.
38
rs.
No. 13, 1994
am.
No. 155, 2000
Ss.
38A-38C
ad.
No. 13, 1994
S.
39
rs.
No. 13, 1994
S.
40
am.
No. 155, 2000
S.
40A
ad.
No. 155, 2000
Ss.
41-43
am.
No. 155, 2000
S.
44
am.
No. 34, 1997
S.
46
am.
No. 155, 2000
S.
48
am.
No. 155, 2000
S.
49
am.
No. 116, 1990
S.
50
am.
No. 146, 1999
S.
50A
ad.
No. 155, 2000
S.
52
am.
No. 116, 1990; No. 13, 1994; No. 155, 2000
S.
53
rs.
No. 13, 1994
Ss.
53A, 53B
ad.
No. 155, 2000
Div.
3 of Part V
(ss. 54-59)
rep.
No. 13, 1994
Div.
3 of Part V
(ss. 54-56)
ad.
No. 13, 1994
Heading
to Div. 3 of Part V
rs.
No. 155, 2000
Div.
3 of Part V
(ss. 54, 55)
ad.
No. 59, 1995
S.
54
rs.
No. 13, 1994
am.
No. 177, 1994
rs.
No. 59, 1995
am.
No. 82, 1997; No. 155, 2000
S.
55
rs.
No. 13, 1994; No. 59, 1995; No. 155, 2000
Ss.
55A, 55B
ad.
No. 155, 2000
S.
56
rs.
No. 13, 1994
rep.
No. 59, 1995
Ss.
57-59
rep.
No. 13, 1994
Heading
to Div. 4 of Part V
am.
No. 116, 1990
rep.
No. 13, 1994
Div.
4 of Part V
(ss. 60-63)
rep.
No. 13, 1994
Div.
4 of Part V
(ss. 57-62)
ad.
No. 13, 1994
S.
57
rs.
No. 13, 1994
am.
No. 177, 1994; No. 82, 1997
Ss.
58, 59
rs.
No. 13, 1994
S.
60
am.
No. 116, 1990
rs.
No. 13, 1994
S.
61
rs.
No. 13, 1994
S.
62
rs.
No. 13, 1994
am.
No. 155, 2000
S.
63
rs.
No. 13, 1994
am.
No. 59, 1995; No. 155, 2000
Heading
to s. 64
am.
No. 155, 2000
S.
64
am.
No. 155, 2000
Ss.
66, 67
am.
No. 155, 2000
S.
68
am.
No. 116, 1990; No. 155, 2000
S.
68A
ad.
No. 155, 2000
S.
69
am.
No. 155, 2000
Ss.
70A, 70B
ad.
No. 155, 2000
Heading
to Part VI
rs.
No. 155, 2000
Heading
to Div. 1 of Part VI
ad.
No. 155, 2000
S.
72
am.
No. 155, 2000
Subhead.
to s. 72(1)
ad.
No. 155, 2000
Heading
to s. 73
am.
No. 155, 2000
S.
73
am.
No. 155, 2000
Ss.
75-77
am.
No. 155, 2000
S.
79
am.
No. 155, 2000
Heading
to Div. 2 of Part VI
ad.
No. 155, 2000
Ss.
80A-80D
ad.
No. 155, 2000
Heading
to Div. 3 of Part VI
ad.
No. 155, 2000
S.
80E
ad.
No. 155, 2000
S.
83
am.
No. 2, 2000
Ss.
95A-95C
ad.
No. 155, 2000
S.
96
am.
No. 2, 2000
Note
to s. 96(1)
ad.
No. 2, 2000
Ss.
97, 98
am.
No. 155, 2000
S.
99
am.
No. 11, 1990; No. 2, 2000
Heading
to s. 99A
am.
No. 155, 2000
S.
99A
ad.
No. 116, 1990
S.
100
am.
No. 155, 2000
Schedule
3
Schedule
3 (Clauses 1-10)
ad.
No. 155, 2000
Clauses
1-10
ad.
No. 155, 2000