What the official record says
This Act is the Privacy Act . This Act, except , comes into force on . come into force on the day after the date on which this Act receives the Royal assent. The following provisions come into force on the day after the date on which this Act receives the Royal assent: ; and . The rest of this Act comes into force on . The purpose of this Act is to promote and protect individual privacy by— providing a framework for protecting an individual’s right to privacy of personal information, while recognising that other rights and interests may at times also need to be taken into account; and giving effect to internationally recognised privacy obligations and standards in relation to the privacy of personal information, including the OECD Guidelines and the International Covenant on Civil and Poli