Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) For this part, information is protected information if it—
(a) identifies an entity that has applied for housing assistance as having applied for housing assistance; or
(b) identifies an entity that is or has been a housing assistance recipient as a housing assistance recipient or former housing assistance recipient; or
(c) identifies land that is a housing assistance property as a housing assistance property; or
(d) is protected personal information about an entity that—
(i) has applied for housing assistance; or
(ii) is or has been a housing assistance recipient; or
(e) is information prescribed by regulation for this definition; or
(f) would allow something to which paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) applies to be worked out.
Note Entity includes a person—see the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1.
(2) In this section:
"housing assistance property" means—
(a) land owned, controlled or held by the housing commissioner; or
(b) land used by an entity contracted by the commissioner to provide housing assistance.
Example of land controlled or held by the housing commissioner—par (a)
land leased by the commissioner from a private landlord to provide public rental housing
Example of entity contracted by the housing commissioner—par (b)
a community organisation that is contracted by the commissioner to operate a refuge
Note An example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).
"housing assistance recipient" means an entity receiving housing assistance.
Examples of housing assistance recipients
1 a tenant of a housing assistance property
2 a person accommodated at a refuge or other residential facility that is operated by a community organisation receiving housing assistance to provide the accommodation
"protected personal information", about an entity that is or has been a housing assistance recipient, means—
(a) the entity's name, telephone number or address; or
(b) any other information prescribed by regulation for this definition.