Privacy (Disclosure of Homicide Data) Public Interest Determination 2019 (Cth)

Privacy (Disclosure of Homicide Data) Public Interest Determination 2019

I, Angelene Falk, Australian Information Commissioner, make the following determination under subsection 72(2) of the Privacy Act 1988.

Dated: 18 March 2019

Signed

Angelene Falk Australian Information Commissioner

1. Name This is the Privacy (Disclosure of Homicide Data) Public Interest Determination 2019. 2. Commencement This determination commences on the day of its registration on the Federal Register of Legislation maintained under section 15A of the Legislation Act 2003. 3. Authority This determination is made by the Commissioner under subsection 72(2) of the Privacy Act 1988. 4. Definitions Note: A number of expressions used in this determination are defined in the Act, including the following: (a) agency; (b) APP entity; (c) Australian Privacy Principle; (d) breach; (e) Commissioner; and (f) personal information. In this determination: Act means the Privacy Act 1988. AIC means the Australian Institute of Criminology Applicant means the Australian Federal Police. 5. Repeal of this determination This determination is repealed 7 years from the day on which this determination commences. 6. Application for a public interest determination

(1) The Applicant is an agency and an APP entity. (2) The Applicant has applied under section 73 of the Act for a public interest determination under section 72 of the Act in relation to the act or practice set out in section 7.

7. Act or practice (1) This determination applies to the disclosure by the Applicant to the AIC of the personal information set out in subsection (2) for the purposes of the AIC's research under the National Homicide Monitoring Program and the publication of aggregate findings.