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Privacy Act 2020

Sharing, accessing, and matching personal information - Information sharing

161: Power to amend Schedule 2 by Order in Council

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"The Governor-General can update the list of rules for sharing personal information."

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The Governor-General can make changes to Schedule 2 by Order in Council. You can think of Schedule 2 like a list of rules for sharing personal information. The Governor-General can make these changes to update the list when an agency is abolished or its name changes. They can also make changes to reflect updates to where you can find a copy of an agreement online, or if an agreement is amended under section 157.

The Governor-General can also correct any mistakes in the list. If an agreement is no longer valid, they can remove it from the list. They can make other changes to the list as needed.

When the Governor-General makes these changes, it is called secondary legislation, which has its own set of rules for publication, as outlined in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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

161Power to amend Schedule 2 by Order in Council

  1. Without limiting the matters that an Order in Council made under section 145 must insert into Schedule 2 in accordance with section 147(2), the Governor-General may, by Order in Council,—

  2. make any amendments to Schedule 2 that are required—
    1. to recognise the abolition or dissolution of any agency that is party to an approved information sharing agreement or any change in the name of such an agency; or
      1. to reflect any change in the Internet site address where a copy of an approved information sharing agreement can be accessed; or
        1. to reflect any amendments to an approved information sharing agreement that are approved under section 157; or
          1. to correct any error or omission in any description in that schedule:
          2. repeal any description or matter in Schedule 2, including all of the descriptions or matters relating to an approved information sharing agreement if the Order in Council by which it was approved has expired or has been revoked:
            1. otherwise amend or replace Schedule 2.

              1. To avoid doubt, any of the matters set out in this section may be included in an Order in Council made under section 145 or in a separate Order in Council made under this section.

              2. An order under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

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              • Section 161(3): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).