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PRIVACY AMENDMENT (PRIVATE SECTOR) ACT 2000 NO. 155, 2000 - SCHEDULE 3 - Disclosures to intelligence bodies

PRIVACY AMENDMENT (PRIVATE SECTOR) ACT 2000 NO. 155, 2000 - SCHEDULE 3

- Disclosures to intelligence bodies

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

1 Section 93A

Repeal the section.

2 Saving

The repeal of section 93A of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 by this Schedule does not make the Privacy Act 1988 apply to an act or practice:

(a)
that was done or engaged in before the repeal; and

(b)
to which the Privacy Act 1988 did not apply before the repeal because of that section.

Privacy Act 1988

3 After subsection 7(1)

Insert:

(1A) Despite subsections (1) and (2), a reference in this Act (other than section 8) to an act or to a practice does not include a reference to the act or practice so far as it involves the disclosure of personal information to:

(a)
the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation; or

(b)
the Australian Secret Intelligence Service.

4 Application

The amendment of the Privacy Act 1988 made by this Schedule applies for the purposes of determining the operation of that Act in relation to an act or practice, regardless of whether the act or practice occurred before or after the commencement of this Schedule.