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Privacy Act 2020

Sharing, accessing, and matching personal information - Authorised information matching programmes

189: Power to amend Schedule 6 by Order in Council

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"The Governor-General can change the rules in Schedule 6 with an Order in Council."

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The Governor-General can change the information matching rules in Schedule 6 by making an Order in Council. You can find Schedule 6 at LMS23760.html. The Governor-General can do this if the Privacy Commissioner recommends it.

The Governor-General has the power to replace or repeal Schedule 6. This means they can make a new version of it or get rid of it altogether.

If the Governor-General makes an order to change Schedule 6, it is considered secondary legislation. You can learn more about what this means by looking at Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Part 7Sharing, accessing, and matching personal information
Authorised information matching programmes

189Power to amend Schedule 6 by Order in Council

  1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Privacy Commissioner, amend the information matching rules in Schedule 6.

  2. The power conferred by subsection (1) includes the power to—

  3. replace Schedule 6:
    1. repeal Schedule 6.

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

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      • Section 189(3): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).