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The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Bill 2000
No. , 2000
(Attorney-General)
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to privacy, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Objects................................................................................................ 2
4............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1—Amendment of the Privacy Act 1988 3
Schedule 2—Amendment of other Acts 77
Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 77
Customs Act 1901 77
Telecommunications Act 1997 78
Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999 82
Schedule 3—Disclosures to intelligence bodies 83
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 83
Privacy Act 1988 83
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to privacy, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 .
2 Commencement
(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the later of the following days (or either of them if they are the same):
(a) the first day after the end of the period of 12 months beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent;
(b) 1 July 2001.
(2) Schedule 3 commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
3 Objects
The main objects of this Act are:
(a) to establish a single comprehensive national scheme providing, through codes adopted by private sector organisations and National Privacy Principles, for the appropriate collection, holding, use, correction, disclosure and transfer of personal information by those organisations; and
(b) to do so in a way that:
(i) meets international concerns and Australia’s international obligations relating to privacy; and
(ii) recognises individuals’ interests in protecting their privacy; and
(iii) recognises important human rights and social interests that compete with privacy, including the general desirability of a free flow of information (through the media and otherwise) and the right of business to achieve its objectives efficiently.
4 Schedule(s)
Subject to section 2, each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.