Victorian Numbered Acts

PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION ACT 2014 (NO. 60 OF 2014) - SECT 12

    (1)     Nothing in this Act or in any Information Privacy Principle or any data security standard applies to any information contained in a document that is—

        (a)     a generally available publication; or

        (b)     kept in a library, art gallery or museum for the purposes of reference, study or exhibition; or

        (c)     a public record under the control of the Keeper of Public Records that is available for public inspection in accordance with the Public Records Act 1973 ; or

        (d)     archives within the meaning of the Copyright Act 1968 of the Commonwealth.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not take away from section 20(2) which imposes duties on a public sector agency or a Council in administering a public register.

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