Privacy Act 1988

PART IIIC - NOTIFICATION OF ELIGIBLE DATA BREACHES  

Division 5 - Dealing with personal information involved in eligible data breaches  

Subdivision C - Other matters  

SECTION 26XD   DIVISION NOT LIMITED BY SECRECY PROVISIONS  

26XD(1)    
The operation of this Division is not limited by a secrecy provision of any other Commonwealth law (whether made before or after the commencement of this Act) except to the extent that the secrecy provision expressly excludes the operation of this section.

Note:

Section 3 provides for the concurrent operation of State and Territory laws.

26XD(2)    
Nothing in this Division is to be taken to require an entity to collect, use or disclose personal information.

26XD(3)    
In this section:

secrecy provision
means a provision of a Commonwealth law (including a provision of this Act) that prohibits or regulates the use or disclosure of personal information, whether the provision relates to the use or disclosure of personal information generally or in specified circumstances.