Data-matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Rules 2021 (Cth)

Data-matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Rules 2021

1. Under section 12(2) of the Data-matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 (Cth), I issue the attached Rules. 2. These Rules will repeal the Data-Matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 - Guidelines issued on 31 October 1994.

3. The Rules will come into force on the first day on which the Rules are no longer liable to be disallowed by Parliament i.e. once 15 sitting days have expired in both Houses after tabling. ANGELENE FALK Australian Information Commissioner Privacy Commissioner

Dated 8 June 2021

Contents

Part 1 – Preliminary

1. Name

2. Commencement

3. Authority

4. Repeal

5. Definitions

6. Scope of Operation

Part 2 – Program protocols

7. Matching agency must maintain a program protocol

8. Public inspection of program protocols

9. Compliance with program protocol

10. Amendments to program protocol

Part 3 – Technical standards

11. Matching agency must maintain a technical standards report

12. Compliance with technical standards report

13. Variation of the technical standards report

Part 4 – Safeguards for affected individuals

14. Confirming validity of matches

15. Notifying individuals

16. Destruction of data where no discrepancy produced

17. Management and destruction of data where discrepancy produced

18. No new registers, data sets or databases to be created

Part 5 – Compliance and reporting

19. Information Commissioner to monitor compliance

20. Agencies to report to Information Commissioner

21. Agencies to report to Parliament

Part 6 – Miscellaneous

22. Operation of this instrument