Information Privacy

Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld)

Sections of the act with annotations

The sections of the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld) (IP Act) which have been annotated are bolded. Sections which do not have annotations are not included.

The complete and current reprint of the IP Act is available from the Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel.

The reprints used for the Office of the Information Commissioner’s annotated legislation are sourced from, and used with the permission of, the Office of The Queensland Parliamentary Counsel. The annotated legislation is updated from time to time to incorporate significant amendments.

• Chapter 1 Preliminary (1-25)
  • Part 2 Interpretation (11-25)
    • 12 Meaning of personal information
    • 22 Meaning of processing period and transfer period for ch 3
• Chapter 2 Privacy principles (26-39)
• Chapter 3 Disclosure and amendment by application under this Act (40-133)
  • Part 1 Right to access and amendment (40-42)
    • 40 Right to be given access to particular documents
      • Overview of Section 40 IP Act
      • Application of Section 40 IP Act
    • 41 Right to amend personal information in particular documents
      • Overview of Section 41 IP Act
      • Application of Section 41 IP Act
      • Key published decisions applying Section 41 IP Act
      • Relevant decisions from other jurisdictions
  • Part 2 Access and amendment applications (43-49)
    • 45 Making access or amendment applications for children
      • Overview of Section 45 IP Act
      • Application of Section 45 IP Act
      • Key published decisions applying Section 45 IP Act
  • Part 4 Refusal to deal with access or amendment application (58-63)
    • 62 Previous application for same documents - access application
  • Part 5 Decision (64-76)
    • Division 2 Amendment applications (70-76)
      • 72 Grounds on which amendment may be refused
      • 74 Amendment of document by alteration or notation
  • Part 9 External review (98-126)
    • Division 2 Application (101-102)
      • 101 Applying for external review
        • Section 101(1)(d)
          • Overview of Section 101(1)(d) IP Act
          • Application of Section 101(1)(d) IP Act
          • Key published decisions applying Section 101(1)(d) IP Act
    • Division 3 After application made (103-107)
      • 107 Information commissioner may decide not to review
• Chapter 4 Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner (134-163)
• Chapter 5 Privacy complaints (164-178)
• Chapter 6 Protections and offences (179-188)
• Chapter 7 Miscellaneous provisions (189-201)
• Chapter 8 Transitional provisions (202-214)
• Schedule 1 Documents to which the privacy principles do not apply
• Schedule 2 Entities to which the privacy principles do not apply
• Schedule 3 Information Privacy Principles
• Schedule 4 National privacy principles
• Schedule 5 Dictionary