Privacy Act 1988

PART III - INFORMATION PRIVACY  

Division 1 - Interferences with privacy  

SECTION 13H   CIVIL PENALTY PROVISION FOR INTERFERENCE WITH PRIVACY OF INDIVIDUALS  


Civil penalty provision

13H(1)    
An entity contravenes this subsection if the entity does an act, or engages in a practice, that is an interference with the privacy of an individual.

13H(2)    
Subsection (1) is a civil penalty provision.

Note:

Section 80U deals with civil penalty provisions in this Act.



Maximum pecuniary penalty

13H(3)    
The amount of the penalty payable by a person in respect of a contravention of subsection (1) must not exceed 2,000 penalty units.


 

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