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Privacy Act 2020

Information privacy principles and codes of practice - Codes of practice

36: Application of Legislation Act 2019 to codes

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"How the Legislation Act 2019 applies to rules made by the Commissioner"

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The Legislation Act 2019 applies to codes of practice, which are a type of secondary legislation. You can find out more about what this means by looking at Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. When the Legislation Act 2019 applies to codes, it treats the Commissioner as the person who made the code, and it treats the code as if the Commissioner issued it.

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Part 3Information privacy principles and codes of practice
Codes of practice

36Application of Legislation Act 2019 to codes

  1. A code of practice is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

  2. That Act applies as if—

  3. the Commissioner were the maker of the code; and
    1. the code were made by the Commissioner issuing it.

      Notes
      • Section 36: replaced, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).