PRIVACY AND PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTION ACT 1998

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PRIVACY AND PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTION ACT 1998 - NOTES

- As at 19 March 2012 - Act 133 of 1998

Reprint history:

Reprint No 1 3 February 2004
Reprint No 2 1 May 2007

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am	amended	LW	legislation website	Sch	Schedule
Cl	clause	No	number	Schs	Schedules
Cll	clauses	p	page	Sec	section
Div	Division	pp	pages	Secs	sections
Divs	Divisions	Reg	Regulation	Subdiv	Subdivision
GG	Government Gazette	Regs	Regulations	Subdivs	Subdivisions
Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted

Table of amending instruments

Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 No 133. Assented to 30.11.1998. Date of commencement of Div 1 of Part 4, secs 60, 71 (1), 72 and 74, sec 73 to the extent that it repeals secs 4-13 of the Privacy Committee Act 1975, Schs 1, 2 and 3.8 and cll 1 and 2 of Sch 4, 1.2.1999, sec 2 and GG No 10 of 22.1.1999, p 175; date of commencement of Part 1, secs 29-31, Divs 2 and 3 of Part 4, secs 61, 64-70, 71 (2) and (3) and 75, sec 73 to the extent that it repeals the remaining provisions of the Privacy Committee Act 1975, Sch 3.1-3.7 and cll 3-5 of Sch 4, 1.6.1999, sec 2 and GG No 63 of 28.5.1999, p 3571; date of commencement of Div 2 of Part 3 and secs 62 and 63, 1.7.1999, sec 2 and GG No 72 of 25.6.1999, p 4081; date of commencement of the remainder, 1.7.2000, sec 2 and GG No 81 of 30.6.2000, p 5356. This Act has been amended as follows:

1999	No 31	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999. Assented to 7.7.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 1.23, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 94	Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999. Assented to 8.12.1999. Date of commencement of sec 7 and Sch 5, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184.
2000	No 75	Adoption Act 2000. Assented to 9.11.2000. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.2.2003, sec 2 and GG No 33 of 31.1.2003, p 591.
	No 93	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2000. Assented to 8.12.2000. Date of commencement of Sch 1.16, assent, sec 2 (2).
2001	No 121	Justices Legislation Repeal and Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5978.
2002	No 42	Community Services Legislation Amendment Act 2002. Assented to 3.7.2002. Date of commencement, 1.12.2002, sec 2 and GG No 237 of 29.11.2002, p 10061.
	No 71	Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002. Assented to 25.9.2002. Date of commencement, 1.9.2004, sec 2 and GG No 138 of 27.8.2004, p 6683. Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2002 No 112. Assented to 29.11.2002. Date of commencement of Sch 2.8, assent, sec 2 (3). Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003 No 40. Assented to 22.7.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 2.15, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 116	Privacy and Personal Information Protection Amendment (Prisoners) Act 2002. Assented to 12.12.2002. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
2003	No 13	Australian Crime Commission (New South Wales) Act 2003. Assented to 30.6.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 1.25, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 40	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003. Assented to 22.7.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 2.24, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 82	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2003. Assented to 27.11.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (1).
2004	No 114	Teaching Services Amendment Act 2004. Assented to 21.12.2004. Date of commencement, 17.1.2005, sec 2 and GG No 7 of 14.1.2005, p 97.
2005	No 10	Independent Commission Against Corruption Amendment Act 2005. Assented to 14.4.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 2.9, 1.7.2005, sec 2 and GG No 81 of 1.7.2005, p 3309.
	No 64	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2005. Assented to 1.7.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 2.46, assent, sec 2 (2).
2006	No 2	Public Sector Employment Legislation Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 13.3.2006. Date of commencement, 17.3.2006, sec 2 and GG No 35 of 17.3.2006, p 1378.
	No 94	Police Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 2006. Assented to 22.11.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 3.28, 1.2.2007, sec 2 and GG No 22 of 1.2.2007, p 575.
2007	No 94	Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.
2008	No 23	Miscellaneous Acts Amendment (Same Sex Relationships) Act 2008. Assented to 11.6.2008. Date of commencement, 22.9.2008, sec 2 and GG No 118 of 19.9.2008, p 9283.
2009	No 41	Coroners Act 2009. Assented to 19.6.2009. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 1.1.2010, sec 2 (1) and 2009 (544) LW 27.11.2009.
	No 54	Government Information (Public Access) (Consequential Amendments and Repeal) Act 2009. Assented to 26.6.2009. Date of commencement, 1.7.2010, sec 2 and 2010 (248) LW 18.6.2010.
	No 56	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009. Assented to 1.7.2009. Date of commencement of Sch 1.31, 17.7.2009, sec 2 (2).
2010	No 62	Community Relations Commission and Principles of Multiculturalism Amendment Act 2010. Assented to 28.6.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 2.3, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 71	Privacy and Government Information Legislation Amendment Act 2010. Assented to 28.9.2010. Date of commencement, 1.1.2011, sec 2 and 2010 (657) LW 3.12.2010.
	No 84	Protected Disclosures Amendment (Public Interest Disclosures) Act 2010. Assented to 1.11.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 3.3.2011, sec 2 and 2011 (121) LW 3.3.2011.
2011	No 8	Courts and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2011. Assented to 7.6.2011. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 37	Public Interest Disclosures Amendment Act 2011. Assented to 13.9.2011. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.11.2011, sec 2 (1) and 2011 (535) LW 7.10.2011.
2012	No 7	Government Information (Public Access) Amendment Act 2012. Assented to 19.3.2012. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.

Table of amendments

Sec 3	Am 2000 No 93, Sch 1.16 [1] [2]; 2002 No 42, Sch 4.7 [1]; 2002 No 71, Sch 3 [1] [2]; 2002 No 116, Sch 1 [1]; 2003 No 13, Sch 1.25; 2004 No 114, Sch 2.16; 2005 No 10, Sch 2.9 [1] [2]; 2005 No 64, Sch 2.46 [1]; 2006 No 2, Sch 5.10; 2006 No 94, Sch 3.28 [1]-[3]; 2010 No 71, Sch 1 [1]; 2011 No 8, Sch 1.7; 2012 No 7, Sch 2.3 [1].
Sec 4	Am 2000 No 75, Sch 2.4; 2005 No 64, Sch 2.46 [2]; 2009 No 54, Sch 2.34 [1]; 2010 No 84, Sch 2.11; 2011 No 37, Sch 2.6.
Sec 4A	Ins 2002 No 71, Sch 3 [3].
Sec 4B	Ins 2012 No 7, Sch 2.3 [2].
Sec 5	Am 2009 No 54, Sch 2.34 [2] [3].
Sec 6	Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.172 [1]; 2003 No 40, Sch 2.24 [1]; 2009 No 41, Sch 4.
Sec 15	Am 2002 No 71, Sch 3 [4]; 2010 No 71, Sch 1 [2].
Sec 19	Am 2002 No 71, Sch 3 [5]-[10].
Sec 20	Am 2002 No 71, Sch 3 [11]; 2009 No 54, Sch 2.34 [4].
Sec 27	Am 2000 No 93, Sch 1.16 [3]; 2005 No 10, Sch 2.9 [3]; 2005 No 64, Sch 2.46 [3]; 2006 No 94, Sch 3.28 [4].
Sec 28	Am 2002 No 42, Sch 4.7 [2]; 2002 No 71, Sch 3 [12]; 2010 No 62, Sch 2.3.
Sec 33	Am 2002 No 71, Sch 3 [13]; 2009 No 56, Sch 1.31.
Part 4, Div 1	Subst 2010 No 71, Sch 1 [3].
Secs 34, 35	Subst 2010 No 71, Sch 1 [3].
Secs 35A-35H	Ins 2010 No 71, Sch 1 [3].
Sec 36	Am 2010 No 71, Sch 1 [4].
Sec 38	Am 2000 No 93, Sch 1.16 [4]; 2005 No 10, Sch 2.9 [4].
Sec 40	Am 2000 No 93, Sch 1.16 [5]; 2005 No 10, Sch 2.9 [5].
Sec 42	Am 2000 No 93, Sch 1.16 [4]; 2005 No 10, Sch 2.9 [6].
Sec 43	Am 2002 No 71, Sch 3 [14] [15]; 2009 No 54, Sch 2.34 [5]-[8].
Sec 44	Am 2002 No 71, Sch 3 [16]. Rep 2010 No 71, Sch 1 [5].
Sec 44A	Ins 2010 No 71, Sch 1 [6].
Sec 45	Am 2002 No 71, Sch 3 [17] [18] (am 2002 No 112, Sch 2.8).
Sec 53	Am 1999 No 31, Sch 1.34 [1]; 2002 No 116, Sch 1 [2]; 2008 No 23, Sch 3.35; 2010 No 71, Sch 1 [7].
Sec 54	Am 2002 No 116, Sch 1 [3].
Sec 55	Am 2002 No 116, Sch 1 [4] [5]; 2003 No 40, Sch 2.24 [2]; 2008 No 23, Sch 3.35; 2010 No 71, Sch 1 [8] [9].
Sec 56A	Ins 2002 No 71, Sch 3 [19].
Part 6A (secs 59A-59J)	Ins 2009 No 54, Sch 1 [1] (transferred from the Freedom of Information Act 1989 No 5). Renumbered and am 2009 No 54, Sch 1 [1]-[11]). Rep 2010 No 71, Sch 1 [10].
Part 7 (secs 60, 61)	Subst 2010 No 71, Sch 1 [11].
Part 7A (secs 61A-61D)	Ins 2010 No 71, Sch 1 [12].
Sec 62	Am 2010 No 84, Sch 2.11.
Secs 64, 65	Rep 2010 No 71, Sch 1 [13].
Sec 66	Am 2002 No 71, Sch 3 [20]; 2010 No 71, Sch 1 [14].
Secs 66A, 66B	Ins 2002 No 71, Sch 3 [21].
Sec 67	Am 2002 No 71, Sch 3 [22].
Sec 68	Am 2002 No 71, Sch 3 [23].
Sec 70	Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.172 [2]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 72	Rep 2003 No 82, Sch 3.
Sch 1	Am 1999 No 31, Sch 1.34 [2]-[4]; 1999 No 94, sec 7 (2) and Sch 5, Part 2. Rep 2010 No 71, Sch 1 [15].
Sch 2, heading	Subst 2010 No 71, Sch 1 [16].
Sch 2	Am 1999 No 94, sec 7 (2) and Sch 5, Part 2; 2010 No 71, Sch 1 [17]-[21].
Sch 3	Rep 2003 No 82, Sch 3.
Sch 4	Am 2002 No 71, Sch 3 [24] (subst 2003 No 40, Sch 2.15) [25]; 2002 No 116, Sch 1 [6] [7]; 2010 No 71, Sch 1 [22] [23].

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