PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION ACT 2014 (NO. 60 OF 2014) - SECT 55 Commissioner may certify consistency of act or practice
PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION ACT 2014 (NO. 60 OF 2014) - SECT 55
Commissioner may certify consistency of act or practice(1) The Commissioner may certify that a specified act or practice of an organisation is consistent with—
(a) an Information Privacy Principle; or
(b) an approved code of practice; or
(c) an information handling provision.
(2) The certificate remains in effect until any expiry date specified in the certificate, unless it is earlier set aside by a court or VCAT.
(3) The certificate must include an expiry date, unless it is inappropriate to do so in all the circumstances.
(4) A person who does an act or engages in a practice in good faith in accordance with a current certificate does not contravene the relevant Information Privacy Principle or approved code of practice or the relevant information handling provision (as the case requires).
(5) A certificate under this section must be published on the Internet site of the Commissioner.