- The Regulator may provide written guidelines—
- to assist bodies to develop codes of conduct or to apply approved codes of conduct;
- relating to making and dealing with complaints under approved codes of conduct; and
- about matters the Regulator may consider in deciding whether to approve a code of conduct or a variation or revocation of an approved code of conduct.
- The Regulator must have regard to the guidelines as set out in section 7(3)(a) to (d) when considering the approval of a code of conduct for the processing of personal information for exclusively journalistic purposes where the responsible party is not subject to a code of ethics as referred to in section 7(1).
- Before providing guidelines for the purposes of subsection (1)(b), the Regulator must give everyone the Regulator considers has a real and substantial legitimate interest in the matters covered by the proposed guidelines an opportunity to comment on them.
- The Regulator must publish guidelines provided under subsection (1) in the Gazette.
Guidelines about codes of conduct – Section 65
Chapter 7
Codes of Conduct