Part IIIB inserted by No 197 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 3 item 29, effective 12 March 2014. No 197 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 6 item 5 contains the following transitional provision:
5 Privacy codes may be developed etc. during the transition period
5(1)
A function or power conferred on the Commissioner or an entity by Part
IIIB
of the Privacy Act, as inserted by Schedule 3 to this Act, may be performed or exercised during the transition period as if the Privacy Act, as amended by this Act, was in force during that period.
5(2)
The performance of such a function, or the exercise of such a power, during the transition period has effect, after the commencement time, as if it had been performed or exercised under Part IIIB of the Privacy Act as inserted by Schedule 3 to this Act.