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Privacy Act 2020

Preliminary provisions - Preliminary matters

5: Transitional, savings, and related provisions

You could also call this:

“Rules for managing changes when the Privacy Act 2020 comes into effect”

The law says that Schedule 1 contains special rules. These rules help when the law is changing. They explain what happens during this change and how to deal with certain situations. You need to follow these rules exactly as they are written in Schedule 1.

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Part 1 Preliminary provisions
Preliminary matters

5Transitional, savings, and related provisions

  1. The transitional, savings, and related provisions set out in Schedule 1 have effect according to their terms.