Introduction

38.1 The preceding chapters in this Part examine the exemption of a number of agencies from the operation of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), including: defence and intelligence agencies; federal courts; certain agencies listed in the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act); and agencies with law enforcement functions. This chapter discusses the exemption of a number of other agencies from the operation of the Act—namely, Royal Commissions, the commission of inquiry into the 2007 equine influenza outbreak, state and territory authorities, and prescribed state and territory instrumentalities.