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Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006

Registration and licensing of plumbers, gasfitters, and drainlayers - Register of plumbers, gasfitters, and drainlayers

87: When search constitutes interference with privacy of individual

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"Searching someone's info wrongly can invade their privacy"

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If you search the register for personal information in the wrong way, it can interfere with someone's privacy. This is according to section 69 of the Privacy Act 2020. You must follow the rules in sections 84 to 86 when searching the register.

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87When 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 84 to 86 constitutes an action that is an interference with the privacy of an individual under section 69 of the Privacy Act 2020.

Notes
  • Section 87: replaced, on , by section 217 of the Privacy Act 2020 (2020 No 31).