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Privacy Act 2020

Sharing, accessing, and matching personal information - Information sharing

143: Lead agency

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“Who's in charge when government agencies share your personal information”

This law is about who takes charge when government agencies want to share your personal information. It’s called a ‘lead agency’.

A ‘specified agency’ can be a government department, part of a government department, or a special organisation.

If only one specified agency is involved in an agreement to share information, that agency must be the lead agency.

If two or more specified agencies are involved in an agreement to share information, they can decide among themselves which one will be the lead agency.

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Part 7 Sharing, accessing, and matching personal information
Information sharing

143Lead agency

  1. In this section, specified agency means—

  2. a public sector agency that is a department; or
    1. part of a public sector agency that is a department; or
      1. a specified organisation.

        1. If only 1 specified agency is a party to an information sharing agreement, that agency must be designated as the lead agency for the agreement.

        2. If 2 or more specified agencies are parties to an information sharing agreement, the parties to the agreement may agree between themselves which of the specified agencies is to be designated as the lead agency.

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