Section 137 — Privacy Act 2020: Relationship between subpart 1 and other law relating to information disclosure

137 Relationship between subpart 1 and other law relating to information disclosure (1) To avoid doubt, nothing in this subpart— (a) limits the collection, use, or disclosure of personal information that is authorised or required by or under any enactment; or (b) compels agencies to enter into an information sharing agreement if those agencies are already allowed to share personal information— (i) by or under any other enactment; or (ii) because an exemption from or a modification to 1 or more of the IPPs or any code of practice is not required to make the sharing of the information lawful. (2) This subpart and subparts 2 to 4 do not limit one another. (3) An information sharing agreement may— (a) duplicate an information sharing provision by providing for an agency to share the same personal information specified in the information sharing provision— (i) with the same agencies specified in the information sharing provision; and (ii) for the same purposes specified in the information sharing provision; or (b) extend an information sharing provision that is not a restricted information sharing provision by providing for an agency to share the same personal information specified in the information sharing provision— (i) with the same agencies specified in the information sharing provision for a purpose not specified in the information sharing provision; or (ii) with an agency not specified in the information sharing provision for a purpose specified in the information sharing provision; or (iii) with an agency not specified in the information sharing provision and for a purpose not specified in the information sharing provision; or (c) duplicate a restricted information sharing provision by providing for an agency to share the same personal information as specified in the restricted information sharing provision— (i) with the same agencies specified in the restricted information sharing provision; and (ii) for the same purposes specified in the restricted information sharing provision; or (d) extend in any manner specified in paragraph (b) a restricted information sharing provision, but only if— (i) the restricted information sharing provision is an information matching provision (as defined in section 177 ); or (ii) there is express statutory authorisation to do so. (4) In subsection (3),— information sharing provision means a provision in any enactment other than this Act that authorises or requires the sharing of personal information by an agency with 1 or more other agencies for 1 or more specified purposes restricted information sharing provision means an information sharing provision that expressly restricts the purposes for which the personal information may be shared to those purposes specified. Compare: 1993 No 28 s 96B