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215: Other regulations
or “Additional regulations can be made to support the Privacy Act”
You could also call this:

“Cancellation of the old Privacy Act and its rules”

The Privacy Act 1993 is no longer in effect. You should know that it has been cancelled and replaced. This means that the old law about privacy is not used anymore.

The Privacy Regulations 1993 have also been cancelled. These were rules that helped explain how to follow the Privacy Act 1993. Since the act is gone, these rules are not used anymore either.

When a law is cancelled, we say it is “repealed”. When rules are cancelled, we say they are “revoked”. This is what has happened to the old Privacy Act and its regulations.

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or “Changes to other laws due to Privacy Act 2020 (no longer part of this Act)”
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Part 9 Miscellaneous provisions
Repeal, revocation, and consequential amendments

216Repeal and revocation

  1. The Privacy Act 1993 (1993 No 28) is repealed.

  2. The Privacy Regulations 1993 (SR 1993/149) are revoked.

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