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PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION ACT 2014 (NO. 60 OF 2014)

Table of Provisions

PART 1--PRELIMINARY

  • 1 Purposes  
  • 2 Commencement  
  • 3 Definitions  
  • 4 Interpretation  
  • 5 Objects  
  • 6 Relationship of this Act to other laws  
  • 7 Rights and liabilities  
  • 8 Act binds the Crown  

PART 2--APPLICATION OF THIS ACT

  • 9 Definition  
  • 10 Courts, tribunals etc.  
  • 11 Parliamentary Committees  
  • 12 Publicly-available information  

PART 3--INFORMATION PRIVACY

Division 1--Application of this Part

  • 13 Public sector organisations to which this Part applies  
  • 14 Exemption—Freedom of Information Act 1982  
  • 15 Exemption—law enforcement  
  • 16 What is an interference with privacy of an individual?  
  • 17 Effect of outsourcing  

Division 2--Information Privacy Principles

Division 3--Codes of practice

  • 21 Codes of practice  
  • 22 Process for approval of code of practice or code amendment  
  • 23 Organisations bound by code of practice  
  • 24 Effect of approved code  
  • 25 Codes of practice register  
  • 26 Revocation of approval  
  • 27 Effect of revocation of approval or amendment or expiry of approved code  

Division 4--Capacity to consent or make a request or exercise right of access

  • 28 Capacity to consent or make a request or exercise right of access  

Division 5--Public interest determinations and temporary public interest determinations

Subdivision 1--Public interest determinations
  • 29 Public interest determination  
  • 30 Application taken to be application for temporary public interest determination on request  
  • 31 Commissioner may make public interest determination  
  • 32 Effect of public interest determination  
  • 33 Duration of public interest determination  
  • 34 Amendment of public interest determination  
  • 35 Revocation of public interest determination  
  • 36 Reporting and review  
  • 37 Temporary public interest determination  
  • 38 Application for temporary public interest determination  
  • 39 Commissioner may make temporary public interest determination  
  • 40 Duration of temporary public interest determination  
  • 41 Revocation of temporary public interest determination  
  • Subdivision 3--Disallowance of determinations
  • 42 Disallowance of determinations  

Division 6--Information usage arrangements

  • 43 Definitions  
  • 44 Approval of arrangement not required if information use otherwise permitted  
  • 45 Meaning of information usage arrangement  
  • 46 Parties to an information usage arrangement  
  • 47 Commissioner to consider information usage arrangement  
  • 48 Commissioner's report  
  • 49 Commissioner's certificate  
  • 50 Ministerial approval of information usage arrangement  
  • 51 Effect of approved information usage arrangement  
  • 52 Amendment of approved information usage arrangement  
  • 53 Revocation of approval of information usage arrangement  
  • 54 Reporting requirements for approved information usage arrangements  

Division 7--Certification

  • 55 Commissioner may certify consistency of act or practice  
  • 56 Review of decision to issue certificate  

Division 8--Information privacy complaints

Subdivision 1--Making a complaint
  • 57 Complaints  
  • 58 Complaint referred to Commissioner  
  • 59 Complaints by minors  
  • 60 Complaints by people with a disability  
  • Subdivision 2--Procedure after a complaint is made
  • 61 Commissioner must notify respondent  
  • 62 Circumstances in which Commissioner may decline to entertain complaint  
  • 63 Commissioner may refer complaint  
  • 64 Commissioner may dismiss stale complaint  
  • 65 Minister may refer a complaint direct to VCAT  
  • 66 What happens if conciliation is inappropriate?  
  • Subdivision 3--Conciliation of complaints
  • 67 Conciliation process  
  • 68 Power to obtain information and documents  
  • 69 Conciliation agreements  
  • 70 Evidence of conciliation is inadmissible  
  • 71 What happens if conciliation fails?  
  • Subdivision 4--Interim orders
  • 72 VCAT may make interim orders before hearing  
  • Subdivision 5--Jurisdiction of VCAT
  • 73 When may VCAT hear a complaint?  
  • 74 Who are the parties to a proceeding?  
  • 75 Time limits for complaints referred by the Minister  
  • 76 Inspection of exempt documents by VCAT  
  • 77 What may VCAT decide?  

Division 9--Enforcement of Information Privacy Principles and approved information usage arrangements

  • 78 Compliance notice  
  • 79 Power to obtain information and documents  
  • 80 Power to examine witnesses  
  • 81 Protection against self-incrimination  
  • 82 Offence not to comply with compliance notice  
  • 83 Application for review  

PART 4--PROTECTIVE DATA SECURITY

Division 1--Application of Part

  • 84 Application of Part  

Division 2--Protective data security framework

  • 85 Commissioner to develop Victorian protective data security framework  

Division 3--Protective data security standards

  • 86 Commissioner may issue protective data security standards  
  • 87 Amendment, revocation or reissue of standards  
  • 88 Compliance with protective data security standards  

Division 4--Protective data security plans

PART 5--LAW ENFORCEMENT DATA SECURITY

  • 91 Application of Part  
  • 92 Commissioner may issue law enforcement data security standards  
  • 93 Inconsistency with protective data security standards  
  • 94 Compliance with law enforcement data security standards  

PART 6--COMMISSIONER FOR PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION

Division 1--Appointment, terms and conditions

  • 95 Commissioner for Privacy and Data Protection  
  • 96 Appointment  
  • 97 Remuneration and allowances  
  • 98 Terms and conditions  
  • 99 Vacancy and resignation  
  • 100 Suspension and removal from office  
  • 101 Acting Commissioner  
  • 102 Validity of acts and decisions  

Division 2--Functions and powers

  • 103 Functions of the Commissioner  
  • 104 General powers of the Commissioner  
  • 105 Commissioner to have regard to objects of Act  
  • 106 Commissioner may require access to data and data systems from public sector body Heads  
  • 107 Commissioner may require access to data and data systems from Chief Commissioner of Police  
  • 108 Commissioner may request access to crime statistics data  
  • 109 Commissioner may copy or take extracts from data  
  • 110 Public sector body Heads to provide assistance  
  • 111 Reports to the Minister and other reports  
  • 112 Disclosure during course of compliance audit—data security  
  • 113 Disclosure to the IBAC  

Division 3--General provisions

  • 114 Staff  
  • 115 Delegation  
  • 116 Annual reports  

PART 7--GENERAL

  • 117 Protection from liability  
  • 118 Employees and agents  
  • 119 Fees for access  
  • 120 Secrecy  
  • 121 Commissioner to give notice before certain disclosures  
  • 122 Failure to attend before Commissioner  
  • 123 Offences by organisations or bodies  
  • 124 Prosecutions  
  • 125 Regulations  

PART 8--REPEAL OF ACTS AND TRANSITIONAL AND SAVINGS PROVISIONS

  • 126 Repeal of Information Privacy Act 2000  
  • 127 Repeal of Commissioner for Law Enforcement Data Security Act 2005  
  • 128 Transitional and savings provisions  

PART 9--CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

Division 1--Amendments relating to Victoria Police Act 2013

  • 129 Definitions  
  • 130 Organisations to which this Part applies  
  • 131 Exemption—law enforcement  
  • 132 Application of Part  
  • 133 Compliance with law enforcement data security standards  
  • 134 Commissioner may require access to data and data systems from Chief Commissioner of Police  
  • 135 Employees and agents  
  • 136 Prosecutions  

Division 2--Amendment relating to Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014

  • 137 Inspection of exempt documents by VCAT  

Division 3--Amendments to Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998 and other consequential amendments

  • 138 Part 11A of Schedule 1 repealed  
  • 139 New Part 16AA of Schedule 1 inserted  
  • 140 Consequential amendments to other Acts  

Division 4--Repeal of Part and Schedule 3

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