Australia passes Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enforcement and Other Measures) Bill 2022
By Cameron Abbott, Rob Pulham and Stephanie Mayhew
Earlier this week (on 29 November), the Australian Parliament passed the Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enforcement and Other Measures) Bill 2022 (Bill) which was introduced to Parliament on 26 October 2022.
The Bill amends the following:
- Privacy Act 1988 to expand the Australian Information Commissioner’s enforcement and information sharing powers and increase penalties for serious or repeated interferences with privacy;
- Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005 to enable the Australian Communications and Media Authority to disclose information to a non-corporate Commonwealth entity that is responsible for enforcing one or more laws of the Commonwealth; and
- Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010 to allow the Australian Information Commissioner to delegate certain functions or powers.