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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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“Government can update or remove rules for sharing information between agencies”

The Governor-General can change the information matching rules in Schedule 6. To do this, they need a recommendation from the Privacy Commissioner. This power allows them to make changes to Schedule 6, replace it completely, or even get rid of it.

When the Governor-General makes these changes, it’s called an order. This order is a type of law called secondary legislation. You can find out more about how this type of law is published in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Part 7 Sharing, 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).