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Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006

Self-contained motor vehicles - Register of self-contained motor vehicles - Who may access register

87ZH: 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. You must follow the rules in sections 87ZF and 87ZG when searching the register. This is considered an interference with privacy under section 69 of the Privacy Act 2020.

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87ZHWhen 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 87ZF and 87ZG constitutes an action that is an interference with the privacy of an individual under section 69 of the Privacy Act 2020.

Notes
  • Section 87ZH: inserted, on , by section 48 of the Self-contained Motor Vehicles Legislation Act 2023 (2023 No 24).