On 1 July 2025
The (new) Office of the Information Commissioner was established along with the Information Commissioner, the Privacy Deputy Commissioner and the Information Access Deputy Commissioner. The Commissioners’ functions are set out in the Information Commissioner Act 2024 (WA).
The privacy provisions of the PRIS Act that commenced on 1 July 2025 include the:
- Preliminary provisions including definitions (Part 1 of the PRIS Act)
- Administration provisions for the Information Commissioner and Privacy Deputy Commissioner (Part 2 Division 12 of the PRIS Act)
- Miscellaneous and Transitional provisions (Parts 4 and 5 of the PRIS Act)
From 1 July 2026
Most of the privacy obligations in the PRIS Act will commence on 1 July 2026.
The privacy obligations that commence on 1 July 2026 include:
- Key concepts and preliminary matters (Part 2 Division 1 of the PRIS Act)
- Information privacy principles (Part 2 Division 2 and Schedule 1 of the PRIS Act)
- Privacy codes of practice (Part 2 Division 3 of the PRIS Act)
- Requests for access to and correction of personal information (Part 2 Division 4 of the PRIS Act)
- Public interest determinations and temporary public interest determinations (Part 2 Division 5 of the PRIS Act)
- Personal information in public registers (Part 2 Division 7 of the PRIS Act)
- Privacy impact assessments (Part 2 Division 8 of the PRIS Act)
- Privacy complaints (Part 2 Division 9 of the PRIS Act)
- Contracted service providers (Part 2 Division 11 of the PRIS Act)
- General (Part 2 Division 13 of the PRIS Act)
From 1 January 2027
On 1 January 2027 the notifiable information breach provisions will commence (Part 2 Division 6 of the PRIS Act).
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