Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld)

Information Privacy Act 2009

An Act to provide safeguards for the handling of personal information in the public sector environment, and to allow access to and amendment of personal information

Chapter 1 Preliminary

Part 1 Introductory

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Information Privacy Act 2009.

2 Commencement This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

3 Object of Act (1) The primary object of this Act is to provide for— (a) the fair collection and handling in the public sector environment of personal information; and (b) a right of access to, and amendment of, personal information in the government's possession or under the government's control unless, on balance, it is contrary to the public interest to give the access or allow the information to be amended. (2) The Act must be applied and interpreted to further the primary object.

4 Act not intended to prevent other accessing or amendment of personal information (1) This Act is not intended to prevent or discourage the giving of access to, or allowing the amendment of, documents otherwise than under this Act if the giving of access or the allowing of amendment can properly be done or is permitted or required to be done by law. (2) To remove any doubt, it is declared that subsection (1) applies to— (a) the giving of access to, or allowing the amendment of, documents that are not documents for chapter 3 or documents to which the privacy principles do not apply; or (b) the giving of access to, or allowing the amendment of, documents by— (i) an entity that is not an entity for chapter 3; or (ii) an entity to which the privacy principles do not apply; or (iii) an entity to which the privacy principles do not apply in relation to a particular function.