Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Information Privacy Act 2000 - SECT 11

Publicly-available information

11. Publicly-available information



(1) Nothing in this Act or in any IPP applies to a document containing
personal information, or to the personal information contained in a document,
that is-

   (a)  a generally available publication; or

   (b)  kept in a library, art gallery or museum for the purposes of
        reference, study or exhibition; or

   (c)  a public record under the control of the Keeper of Public Records that
        is available for public inspection in accordance with the
        Public Records Act 1973; or

   (d)  archives within the meaning of the Copyright Act 1968 of the
        Commonwealth.

(2) Subsection (1) does not take away from section 16(4) which imposes duties
on a public sector agency or a Council in administering a public register.