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Section 38 — Privacy Act 2020: Effect of codes of practice
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38 Effect of codes of practice If a code of practice is in force,— (a) any action that would otherwise be a breach of an IPP is, for the purposes of Part 5 , treated as not breaching that IPP if the action complies with the code; and (b) failure to comply with the code, even if the failure would not otherwise be a breach of any IPP, is, for the purposes of Part 5 , treated as a breach of an IPP. Compare: 1993 No 28 ss 53 , 64
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