Privacy Act 2020

Sharing, accessing, and matching personal information - Information sharing

156: Commissioner may specify frequency of reporting by lead agency

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"The Commissioner decides how often agencies must report on privacy issues."

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The Commissioner can ask a lead agency to write a report, like the one mentioned in section 154(1)(b), and say how often they want it done. You might have to do it every year, or the Commissioner might say you can do it less often. The Commissioner decides how often you have to write the report by thinking about a few things. They consider how much it costs to write the report, how much the public cares about what is in it, and how important the privacy issues are. When the Commissioner is deciding, they look at things like the costs of reporting, the public interest, and the privacy implications, as mentioned in section 154(1)(b), to figure out how often the report should be written.

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156Commissioner may specify frequency of reporting by lead agency

  1. The Commissioner may require a lead agency to prepare a report under section 154(1)(b)

  2. annually; or
    1. at less frequent intervals that the Commissioner may specify.
      1. In determining the appropriate frequency in subsection (1) of a report under section 154(1)(b), the Commissioner must have regard to—

      2. the costs of reporting:
        1. the degree of public interest in the matters to be included in the report:
          1. the significance of the privacy implications of the approved information sharing agreement.
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