Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 (128 of 2024)

Schedule 1   Privacy reforms

Part 8   Penalties for interference with privacy

Privacy Act 1988

50   Subsection 13G(1)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

Civil penalty provision

(1) An entity contravenes this subsection if:

(a) the entity does an act, or engages in a practice, that is an interference with the privacy of an individual; and

(b) the interference with privacy is serious.

Note: The court may determine that an entity has contravened section 13H if the court is satisfied of paragraph (a) but not paragraph (b) (see section 13J).