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Privacy Act 2020

Privacy Commissioner - Appointment of Privacy Commissioner

15: Holding of other offices

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"Some jobs can't be done at the same time as being Privacy Commissioner"

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If you want to be the Privacy Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner, you cannot be a member of a local authority at the same time. This rule also applies to people mentioned in section 30(2) of the Crown Entities Act 2004. If a Judge becomes the Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner, their job as a Judge stays the same. They keep their title, salary, and other benefits, and their time as Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner is considered part of their job as a Judge.

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Appointment of Privacy Commissioner

15Holding of other offices

  1. In addition to the persons specified in section 30(2) of the Crown Entities Act 2004, a member of a local authority is disqualified from being appointed as the Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner.

  2. If a Judge is appointed as the Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner,—

  3. the appointment does not affect the Judge’s tenure of judicial office, rank, title, status, precedence, salary, annual or other allowances, or other rights or privileges as a Judge (including those in relation to superannuation); and
    1. for all purposes, the Judge’s service as Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner must be taken to be service as a Judge.

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