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Privacy Act 2020

Preliminary provisions - Interpretation and related matters

12: Actions of, and disclosure of information to, staff of agency, etc

You could also call this:

“Agency responsibility for staff actions and information”

If you work for or help an agency, anything you do or any information given to you while you’re doing your job is treated as if the agency itself did it or received the information. This means the agency is responsible for what you do and know in your work role, not just you as an individual.

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Part 1 Preliminary provisions
Interpretation and related matters

12Actions of, and disclosure of information to, staff of agency, etc

  1. For the purposes of this Act, an action done by, or information disclosed to, a person employed by, or in the service of, an agency in the performance of the duties of the person's employment is to be treated as having been done by, or disclosed to, the agency.

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  • 1993 No 28 s 4