Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

A NEW TAX SYSTEM (FAMILY ASSISTANCE) (CONSEQUENTIAL AND RELATED MEASURES) ACT (No. 1) 1999 - SECT 5

(1)

Without limiting section 4, a record keeper who has possession or control of a record that contains personal information may use the information, or disclose the information to a person, body or agency, for transitional purposes in respect of the following:

(a)

the amendments made by the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Consequential and Related Measures) Act (No. 2) 1999 and this Act;

(b)

the enactment of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 and the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 .

(2)

To avoid doubt, if information is used or disclosed in accordance with subsection (1), the use or disclosure is taken, for the purposes of the Information Privacy Principles set out in section 14 of the Privacy Act 1988 , to be authorised by law.

(3)

Unless the contrary intention appears, an expression used in this section has the same meaning as in the Privacy Act 1988 .