2022

 

 

THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

 

 

SENATE

 

 

 

PRIVACY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2022

 

 

 

SUPPLEMENTARY EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

 

Amendments to be Moved on Behalf of the Government

 

 

(Circulated by authority of the

Attorney-General, the Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP)

 

                                                                                                        

AMENDMENTS TO THE Privacy Legislation Amendment (ENFORCEMENT and Other Measures) Bill 2022

Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enforcement and Other Measures) Bill 2022

 

NOTES ON AMENDMENTS

Amendment 1: Schedule 1, item 14, page 5 (before line 17), before subsection 13G(2), insert:

1.                   This amendment inserts subsection 13G(1A) to make it clear that section 13G is a civil penalty provision, and as such the Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014 will apply. The Note outlines that section 80U of the Privacy Act 1988 deals with civil penalty provisions .