Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PRIVACY ACT 1988 - SECT 9

             (1)  An agency that collects personal information shall be treated, for the purposes of this Act, as a collector in relation to that information.

             (2)  Subject to subsection (3), where personal information is collected by a person:

                     (a)  in the course of the person's employment by, or in the service of, an agency other than the Australian Federal Police; or

                     (b)  as a member, staff member or special member of the Australian Federal Police in the performance of his or her duties as such a member, staff member or special member;

then, for the purposes of this Act:

                     (c)  if paragraph (a) applies--the agency first referred to in that paragraph; and

                     (d)  if paragraph (b) applies--the Australian Federal Police;

shall be treated as a collector in relation to that information.

             (3)  Where personal information is collected by a person for the purposes of the activities of, an unincorporated body, being a board, council, committee, sub‑committee or other body established by or under a Commonwealth enactment for the purpose of assisting, or performing functions connected with, an agency, that agency shall be treated, for the purposes of this Act, as a collector in relation to that information.