Version as at
6 December 2023
Privacy Act 2020
Part 2 s 14
(a)
the transfer of the information to A by B is not a use or disclosure of the
information by B; and
(b)
the transfer of the information, and any information derived from the
processing of that information, to B by A is not a use or disclosure of the
information by A.
Compare: 1993 No 28 s 3(4)
Section 11(1): replaced, on 30 November 2022, by section 94 of the Statutes Amendment Act 2022
(2022 No 75).
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Actions of, and disclosure of information to, staff of agency, etc
For the purposes of this Act, an action done by, or information disclosed to, a
person employed by, or in the service of, an agency in the performance of the
duties of the person’s employment is to be treated as having been done by, or
disclosed to, the agency.
Compare: 1993 No 28 s 4
Part 2
Privacy Commissioner
Subpart 1—Appointment of Privacy Commissioner
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Privacy Commissioner
(1)
There continues to be a Commissioner called the Privacy Commissioner.
(2)
The Commissioner is—
(3)
(a)
a corporation sole; and
(b)
a Crown entity for the purposes of section 7 of the Crown Entities Act
2004; and
(c)
the board for the purposes of the Crown Entities Act 2004.
The Crown Entities Act 2004 applies to the Commissioner except to the extent
that this Act expressly provides otherwise.
Compare: 1993 No 28 s 12
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Deputy Privacy Commissioner
(1)
The Governor-General may, on the recommendation of the responsible Minis‐
ter, appoint a Deputy Privacy Commissioner.
(2)
Part 2 of the Crown Entities Act 2004, except section 46, applies to the
appointment and removal of a Deputy Commissioner in the same manner as it
applies to the appointment and removal of the Commissioner.
(3)
Subject to the control of the Commissioner, the Deputy Commissioner may
perform or exercise all the functions, duties, and powers of the Commissioner.
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