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The Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (PPIP Act) came into operation on 1 July 2000.
Information contained in any submission made to Council in relation to a DA may be “personal information” for the purposes of the PPIP Act.
Details of any submission, including your personal information, may be made available to:
- Officers within the Council for the purpose of assessing your submission
- Consultants who may be working for Council
- The applicant/owner or their appointed representatives
- People who apply to view Council’s file relating to the application in accordance with Council’s.
Details of any submission may be included in Council Reports. Council Reports are public documents.
Information may be withheld from Council reports where “OBJECTION IN CONFIDENCE” is stated clearly on a submission, but only if such constitutes 'personal information' as defined under the PPIP Act.
However, personal information will be provided in response to a valid application made under the Freedom on Information Act 1989 (NSW).