Data Availability and Transparency Act 2022

The Minister must cause periodic reviews of the operation of this Act to be undertaken.

A review must start by, and be completed within 12 months (or a longer period agreed by the Minister) of:

the third anniversary of the commencement of this section; and

the day that is 3 months after the commencement of any amendments of the Privacy Act 1988 that:

are made in response to the review of that Act announced by the Attorney‑General on 12 December 2019; and

in the Minister’s opinion, are likely to have a material impact on the data sharing scheme.

If subsection (2) would have the effect that a review must start before another review is completed:

the reviews may be combined; and

the combined review must be completed within 12 months (or a longer period agreed by the Minister) of the day the latest of the reviews was required to start.

The Minister must cause a written report about each review to be prepared. A review is taken to be completed when the Minister is given the report about the review.

The Minister must cause a copy of the report about each review to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the Minister receives the report.