Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

PRIVACY (PRIVATE SECTOR) REGULATIONS 2001 - REG 3AA

         (1)   For subsection 6E (2) of the Act, a small business operator that operates a residential tenancy database is prescribed.

         (2)   For subsection 6E (2) of the Act, the following acts or practices of a small business operator of the kind mentioned in subregulation (1) are prescribed:

                (a)    an act done, or a practice engaged in, in connection with collecting personal information for the purpose of establishing or maintaining a residential tenancy database;

               (b)    an act done, or a practice engaged in, in connection with maintaining personal information on a residential tenancy database;

                (c)    an act done, or a practice engaged in, in connection with using or disclosing personal information that is stored on a residential tenancy database.

         (3)   In this regulation:

residential tenancy database means a database:

                (a)    that stores personal information in relation to an individual's occupation of residential premises as a tenant; and

               (b)    that can be accessed by a person other than the operator of the database or a person acting for the operator.