Privacy Act 2020
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Version as at
6 December 2023
Personal information treated as being held by another agency in
certain circumstances
Actions of, and disclosure of information to, staff of agency, etc
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Part 2
Privacy Commissioner
Subpart 1—Appointment of Privacy Commissioner
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Privacy Commissioner
Deputy Privacy Commissioner
Holding of other offices
Superannuation or retiring allowances
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Subpart 2—Functions of Privacy Commissioner
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Functions of Commissioner
Other functions of Commissioner
Responsible Minister must present copy of report on operation of
Act to House of Representatives
Duty to act independently
Commissioner to have regard to certain matters
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Part 3
Information privacy principles and codes of practice
Subpart 1—Information privacy principles
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Information privacy principles
Application of IPPs in relation to information held overseas
Relationships between IPPs and other New Zealand law
IPPs 1 to 4 do not apply to personal information collected before
1 July 1993
Restricted application of IPP 13 to unique identifiers assigned
before 1 July 1993
Restricted application of IPPs to personal information collected or
held for personal or domestic affairs
IPPs 2, 3, and 4(b) do not apply to personal information collected
by intelligence and security agencies
IPPs 6 and 7 do not apply to certain information
Commissioner may authorise collection, use, storage, or disclosure
of personal information otherwise in breach of IPP 2 or IPPs 9 to
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Enforceability of IPPs
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Subpart 2—Codes of practice
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Codes of practice in relation to IPPs
Issue of code of practice
Urgent issue of code of practice
Commencement of code
Application of Legislation Act 2019 to codes
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