CONSULTATION ARRANGEMENT
INFORMATION PRIVACY BILL 2012: EXPOSURE DRAFT
The exposure draft of the Information Privacy Bill 2012 and explanatory material for the Bill are available on the Legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au.  The consultation period for the exposure draft Bill closes on 12 March 2013.  
The ACT Government provides open access to information.  As submissions provide important evidence to inquiries, it is common for contents and quotes from submissions to be referred to in reports or publications.  
Confidentiality: please note that if you are providing a submission on the exposure draft Bill you will be required to clearly indicate if any or all of the submission is confidential.  In the absence of a clear indication that a submission is intended to be confidential the Directorate will treat the submission as non-confidential.   
Non-confidential submissions may be made available to any person or organisation on request during or following the completion of the consultation period. 
Confidential submissions may include personal or sensitive information where privacy is required.  Any request for access to a confidential submission is determined in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 1989, which has provisions designed to protect sensitive information given in confidence.  
Anonymous submissions may be accepted, but the Directorate reserves the right not to publish or refer to a submission whose author is not reliably identified.  
Submissions on the exposure draft Bill should be sent to:
Email
jacslpb@act.gov.au

Postal Address
Information Privacy Bill 2012: exposure draft
Legislation & Policy Branch
Justice and Community Safety Directorate
GPO Box 158
CANBERRA  ACT  2601

by not later than close of business 12 March 2013.