Section 32 — Privacy Act 2020: Codes of practice in relation to IPPs

32 Codes of practice in relation to IPPs (1) The Commissioner may at any time issue a code of practice in relation to the IPPs. (2) A code of practice may— (a) modify the application of 1 or more of the IPPs by— (i) prescribing more stringent or less stringent standards: (ii) exempting any action from an IPP, either unconditionally or conditionally: (b) apply 1 or more of the IPPs without modification: (c) prescribe how 1 or more of the IPPs are to be applied or complied with. (3) A code of practice may apply in relation to 1 or more of the following: (a) any specified information or class or classes of information: (b) any specified agency or class or classes of agency: (c) any specified activity or class or classes of activity: (d) any specified industry, profession, or calling or class or classes of industry, profession, or calling. (4) A code of practice may also— (a) impose, in relation to any private sector agency, controls in relation to the comparison (whether done manually or by means of any electronic or other device) of personal information with other personal information for the purpose of producing or verifying information about an identifiable individual: (b) in relation to charging under section 66 ,— (i) set guidelines to be followed by agencies in determining charges: (ii) prescribe circumstances in which no charge may be imposed: (c) prescribe procedures for dealing with complaints alleging a breach of the code, without limiting or restricting any provision of Part 5 : (d) provide for the review of the code by the Commissioner: (e) provide for the expiry of the code. (5) A code of practice may not limit or restrict the entitlements under IPP 6 or 7. (6) Despite the definition of the term individual in section 7(1) ,— (a) a sector-specific code of practice may be issued that applies 1 or more of the IPPs to information about deceased persons (whether or not the code also applies 1 or more of the IPPs to other information); and (b) the code of practice has effect under section 38 as if those IPPs so applied, and the provisions of this Act apply accordingly. Compare: 1993 No 28 s 46