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Electricity Act 1992

Registration and licensing of electrical workers and employer licences - Register of electrical workers

141: When search constitutes interference with privacy of individual

You could also call this:

"Looking up someone's private details without permission is against the law"

If you search the register for personal information without following the rules set out in sections 138 to 140, you are interfering with someone's privacy. This kind of interference is covered by section 69 of the Privacy Act 2020. In simple terms, if you look up someone's personal details in the register without proper reasons or permission, you're breaking privacy laws.

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Part 10Registration and licensing of electrical workers and employer licences
Register of electrical workers

141When search constitutes interference with privacy of individual

  1. A search of the register for personal information that has not been carried out in accordance with sections 138 to 140 constitutes an action that is an interference with the privacy of an individual under section 69 of the Privacy Act 2020.

Notes
  • Section 141: substituted, on , by section 13 of the Electricity Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 70).
  • Section 141: amended, on , by section 217 of the Privacy Act 2020 (2020 No 31).