Privacy and Personal Information Protection Amendment Regulation 2008 (NSW)

2008 No 607

New South Wales

Privacy and Personal Information

Protection Amendment Regulation

2008

under the

Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998.

JOHN HATZISTERGOS, M.L.C.,

Attorney General

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to provide that the Department of Premier and Cabinet is exempt from the provisions of Part 6 (Public registers) of the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 with respect to the public register of professional lobbyists that is made available on the website of the Department. The provisions of that Part provide, amongst other things, that a public sector agency responsible for keeping a public register must not disclose any personal information kept in the register unless the agency is satisfied that it is to be used for a purpose relating to the purpose of the register.

This Regulation is made under the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998, including section 71 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 158 of 19 December 2008, page 12371	Page 1
2008 No 607
Clause 1	Privacy and Personal Information Protection Amendment Regulation 2008

Privacy and Personal Information Protection

Amendment Regulation 2008

under the

Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Privacy and Personal Information Protection
Amendment Regulation 2008.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 January 2009.

3 Amendment of Privacy and Personal Information Protection Regulation 2005

The Privacy and Personal Information Protection Regulation 2005 is amended by inserting the following after clause 6 (4):

(5) The Department of Premier and Cabinet is exempt from the provisions of Part 6 of the Act with respect to the register of professional lobbyists that is made available for inspection on the website of the Department.

BY AUTHORITY