Privacy Amendment (2015 Measures No. 1) Regulation 2015
Select Legislative Instrument No. 10, 2015
I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation.
Peter Cosgrove
Governor‑General
By His Excellency’s Command
George Brandis QC
Attorney‑General
This is the Privacy Amendment (2015 Measures No. 1) Regulation 2015.
This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.
This instrument is made under the following Acts:
(a) the Privacy Act 1988;
(b) the Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Act 2012.
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
1 After section 13
Insert:
13A Permitted disclosure of credit information by commercial credit providers
For subparagraph 21D(2)(a)(i) of the Act, a credit provider is prescribed if:
(a) the credit provider discloses credit information; and
(b) the disclosure is made in connection with the provision of commercial credit.
2 Paragraphs 23(1)(a) and (b)
Omit “services”, substitute “services in Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory”.
3 Subsections 23(2) and (3)
Repeal the subsections, substitute:
Repeal of section
(2) This section is repealed on 1 January 2016.