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PRIVACY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2022

                              2022




   THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA




                            SENATE




PRIVACY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER
                  MEASURES) BILL 2022




       SUPPLEMENTARY EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM


        Amendments to be Moved on Behalf of the Government




                   (Circulated by authority of the
          Attorney-General, the Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP)
AMENDMENTS TO THE PRIVACY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT
(ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2022
Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enforcement and Other Measures) Bill 2022



NOTES ON AMENDMENTS

Amendment 1: Schedule 1, item 14, page 5 (before line 17), before subsection 13G(2),
insert:

1.    This amendment inserts subsection 13G(1A) to make it clear that section 13G is a
      civil penalty provision, and as such the Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act
      2014 will apply. The Note outlines that section 80U of the Privacy Act 1988 deals
      with civil penalty provisions.




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