Version as at
6 December 2023
Privacy Act 2020
Part 1 s 7
organisation—
(a)
(b)
means—
(i)
an organisation named in Part 2 of Schedule 1 of the Ombudsmen
Act 1975; and
(ii)
an organisation named in Schedule 1 of the Official Information
Act 1982; and
includes the Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives
overseas agency has the meaning given to it in section 9
overseas privacy enforcement authority means an overseas body that is
responsible for enforcing legislation to protect personal information, and that
has the power to conduct investigations and pursue enforcement proceedings
Parliamentary Under-Secretary means a Parliamentary Under-Secretary in
their capacity as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary
personal information—
(a)
means information about an identifiable individual; and
(b)
includes information relating to a death that is maintained by the
Registrar-General under the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relation‐
ships Registration Act 2021 or any former Act (as defined in Schedule 1
of that Act)
private sector agency means an agency that is not a public sector agency
public sector agency—
(a)
means an agency that is a Minister, a Parliamentary Under-Secretary, a
department, an organisation, or a local authority; and
(b)
includes any agency that is an unincorporated body (being a board,
council, committee, or other body)—
(i)
that is established for the purpose of assisting or advising, or per‐
forming functions connected with, any public sector agency
within the meaning of paragraph (a); and
(ii)
that is established in accordance with the provisions of any enact‐
ment or by any such public sector agency
publication has a corresponding meaning to publish
publicly available information means personal information that is contained
in a publicly available publication
publicly available publication means a publication (including a register, list,
or roll of data) in printed or electronic form that is, or will be, generally avail‐
able to members of the public free of charge or on payment of a fee
publish means to make publicly available in any manner, including by—
(a)
displaying on any medium:
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