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2022

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

SENATE

Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enforcement and Other Measures) Bill 2022

(Amendments to be moved by Senator Shoebridge, on behalf of the Australian Greens, in committee of the whole)

(1)     Schedule 1, page 5 (after line 10), after item 11, insert:

11A  At the end of Division 1 of Part III

Add:

13GA  Other interferences with privacy

                   An entity contravenes this subsection if the entity does an act, or engages in a practice, that is an interference with the privacy of one or more individuals.

Civil penalty:          2,000 penalty units

[interferences with privacy]

(2)     Schedule 1, item 45, page 18 (after line 6), after subitem (3), insert:

(3A)     Section 13GA of the Privacy Act 1988 , as added by this Schedule, does not apply in relation to an act done, or a practice engaged in, before the commencement of this item.

[interferences with privacy]