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PRIVACY AND PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTION ACT 1998 - NOTES

- As at 17 July 2009 - Act 133 of 1998

Does not include amendments by:

Coroners Act 2009 No 41 (not commenced)
Government Information (Public Access) (Consequential Amendments and Repeal) Act 2009 No 54 (not commenced)

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Ins inserted Rep repealed Subst substituted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 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).

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].
Sec 4 Am 2000 No 75, Sch 2.4; 2005 No 64, Sch 2.46 [2].
Sec 4A Ins 2002 No 71, Sch 3 [3].
Sec 6 Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.172 [1]; 2003 No 40, Sch 2.24 [1].
Sec 15 Am 2002 No 71, Sch 3 [4].
Sec 19 Am 2002 No 71, Sch 3 [5]-[10].
Sec 20 Am 2002 No 71, Sch 3 [11].
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].
Sec 33 Am 2002 No 71, Sch 3 [13]; 2009 No 56, Sch 1.31.
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].
Sec 44 Am 2002 No 71, Sch 3 [16].
Sec 45 Am 2002 No 71, Sch 3 [18] (am 2002 No 112, Sch 2.8).
Sec 45, notes Ins 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.
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.
Sec 56A Ins 2002 No 71, Sch 3 [19].
Sec 66 Am 2002 No 71, Sch 3 [20].
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.
Sch 2 Am 1999 No 94, sec 7 (2) and Sch 5, Part 2.
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].