Privacy and Responsible Information Sharing Act 2024 (WA)

Western Australia Privacy and Responsible Information Sharing Act 2024 Western Australia Privacy and Responsible Information Sharing Act 2024 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary 1. Short title 1 2. Commencement 1 3. Objects 1 4. Terms used 1 5. References to information privacy principles 1 6. Public entities 1 7. Judicial bodies 1 8. State services contracts and contracted service providers 1 9. Principal officers 1 10. Disclosure by public entities and other IPP entities 1 11. De‑identification and re‑identification of information 1 12. Data sets, data analytics work, data linkage and data integration 1 13. Act binds Crown 1 Part 7 — Amendment to this Act linked to commencement of Criminal Law (Mental Impairment) Act 2023 246. Act amended 1 247. Section 4 amended 1 Notes Compilation table 1 Uncommenced provisions table 1 Defined terms Western Australia Privacy and Responsible Information Sharing Act 2024 An Act — * to provide a framework to protect the privacy of personal information handled by public entities, Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries and contracted service providers to public entities; and * to provide a framework to authorise the responsible sharing of information held by public entities; and * to establish the office of Chief Data Officer; and * to amend the Freedom of Information Act 1992; and * to make consequential amendments to other Acts; and * for related purposes.

Part 1 — Preliminary

1. Short title This is the Privacy and Responsible Information Sharing Act 2024.

2. Commencement This Act comes into operation as follows — (a) Part 1 — on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent; (b) Part 7 — (i) if the Criminal Law (Mental Impairment) Act 2023 section 156 comes into operation on or before the day on which Part 1 of this Act comes into operation under paragraph (a) — immediately after Part 1 of this Act comes into operation; or (ii) otherwise — on the day on which the Criminal Law (Mental Impairment) Act 2023 section 156 comes into operation; (c) the rest of the Act — on a day fixed by proclamation, and different days may be fixed for different provisions.