Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

ACT TEACHER QUALITY INSTITUTE AMENDMENT ACT 2019 (NO. 26 OF 2019) - SECT 17

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94A     Approved data linkage agency

    (1)     The Minister may approve, in writing, an entity (an approved data linkage agency ) to which the institute may give information on the teachers register and the pre-service teachers register for a planning or research purpose.

    (2)     The Minister must not approve an entity as an approved data linkage agency unless the Minister is satisfied that—

        (a)     the entity's policies, procedures and practices for handling personal information comply with the Privacy Act 1988

(Cwlth), the Information Privacy Act 2014

or a law of another jurisdiction that corresponds or substantially corresponds to either of those Acts; and

        (b)     the entity stores and protects personal information in accordance with the Australian Government's Protective Security Policy Framework or a policy of another jurisdiction that corresponds or substantially corresponds to the framework; and

Note     The Protective Security Policy Framework is accessible at www.protectivesecurity.gov.au

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        (c)     the entity manages personal information in accordance with the Archives Act 1983

(Cwlth), the Territory Records Act 2002

or a law of another jurisdiction that corresponds or substantially corresponds to either of those Acts.