Privacy Amendment (Office of the Privacy Commissioner) Act 2000
An Act to create the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, and for related purposes
1 Short title
privacy-amendment-office-of-the-privacy-commissioner-act-2000.pdf, p.5
2 Commencement
2(1) Commencement
2(2) Commencement
Describes the time period for commencement
3 Schedule(s)
Schedules for amendment or repeal of Acts
2 Privacy Amendment (Office of the Privacy Commissioner) Act 2000
privacy-amendment-office-of-the-privacy-commissioner-act-2000.pdf, p.6
1 Part IV (heading)
Repeal heading and substitute with new text
2 Division 1 of Part IV (heading)
Repeal heading and substitute with new text.
19 Establishment of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner
19(1) Establishment of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner
Establishment of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner
19(2) Establishment of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner
Establishes the Office of the Privacy Commissioner.
3 Section 19 (last occurring)
4 After section 26
26A Staff and consultants
26A(1) Staff and consultants
Staff must be appointed or employed under the Public Service Act 1922.
26A(2) Staff and consultants
26A(3) Staff and consultants
The Commissioner may engage consultants with suitable qualifications and experience.
5 Paragraph 36(4)(a)
Substitute 'Commissioner' for 'Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission'
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Imposes a duty on the legislative body to make the substitution
6 Paragraph 83(a)
Omit 'Commission', substitute 'Commissioner'.
7 Section 96
Omit specific reference to staff in section 43 of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986.
8 Section 96
Insertion of phrase for or before on behalf of
9 At the end of subsection 96(1) (after the penalty)
Note on applicability of subsections to Commission staff
10 Section 99
Omit 'the staff of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission', substitute 'his or her staff'.
4 Privacy Amendment (Office of the Privacy Commissioner) Act 2000
privacy-amendment-office-of-the-privacy-commissioner-act-2000.pdf, p.8
11 At the end of paragraph 8(1)(d)
12 Paragraph 8(1)(e)
13 Subsection 8(7)
14 Section 43A
15 Section 96 still applies to pre-commencement staff
Section 96 still applies to pre-commencement staff
privacy-amendment-office-of-the-privacy-commissioner-act-2000.pdf, p.9
Section continues in effect despite amendment
Section 96 of the Privacy Act 1988 was amended by item 7 of this Schedule
The amendment does not affect persons who were staff before the item commenced
Section 96 still applies to those persons
Therefore, section 96 still applies to those persons
6 Privacy Amendment (Office of the Privacy Commissioner) Act 2000
privacy-amendment-office-of-the-privacy-commissioner-act-2000.pdf, p.10
1 Subsection 85ZZA(3)
Omit 'staff of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission', substitute 'Privacy Commissioner's staff'.