House of Representatives
National Crime Authority Legislation Amendment Bill 2001 (Extracts Only)
Revised Explanatory Memorandum
(Circulated by authority of the Minister for Justice and Customs, Senator the Honourable Chris Ellison)This Memorandum takes account of amendments made by the Senate to the Bill as introduced
Schedule 2- Privacy Act 1988
The purpose of this Schedule is to make a note in the Privacy Act 1988 cross-referring to a provision in the NCA Act, which modifies the application of the Privacy Act 1988 .
Item 1
This Item adds a note after subsection 18K(5) to alert a credit reporting agency to the requirements of section 29A of the NCA Act in relation to not annotating a credit file when there is a non-disclosure notice in place and it has not been cancelled (see Items 50 and 51 of Schedule 1).