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199: Application of Human Rights Act 1993
or “How the Human Rights Act applies to legal action under the Privacy Act”
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“Governor-General can update or replace rules in Schedule 8”

You can change the rules in Schedule 8 in two ways. First, you can update the principles in Schedule 8 to make sure they’re current. Second, you can replace all of Schedule 8 with new, updated principles.

The Governor-General is the person who can make these changes. They do this by making an Order in Council, which is a type of rule.

When an Order in Council is made to change Schedule 8, it becomes what’s called secondary legislation. This means it needs to follow certain rules about how it’s published, which you can find in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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200Power to amend Schedule 8 by Order in Council

  1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council,—

  2. amend the principles in Schedule 8 to the extent required to bring them up to date:
    1. replace Schedule 8 to update the principles.

      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 200(2): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).