Territories Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (154 of 2020)

Schedule 3   Amendments of Attorney-General's Department Acts

Part 3   Privacy

Division 1   Amendments

Privacy Act 1988

56   Subsection 6(1)

Insert:

Commonwealth law means the following:

(a) an Act other than:

(i) the Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978; or

(ii) an Act providing for the administration or government of an external Territory; or

(iii) the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988;

(b) an Ordinance of the Australian Capital Territory or of an external Territory;

(c) a law continued in force by section 16 or 16A of the Norfolk Island Act 1979;

(d) an instrument (including rules, regulations or by-laws) made under:

(i) an Act to which paragraph (a) applies; or

(ii) an Ordinance to which paragraph (b) applies; or

(iii) a law to which paragraph (c) applies;

(e) any other legislation that applies as a law of the Commonwealth, other than legislation in so far as it is applied:

(i) by an Act referred to in subparagraph (a)(i) or (ii); or

(ii) as a law of the Australian Capital Territory, to the extent that it operates as such a law.