Court AI practice notes
Privacy and FOI and AI: Western Australia
Government of Western Australia, Western Australia.
About this rule
- Issuer
- Government of Western Australia
- Type
- Government guidance
- Date
- 1 July 2026
- Date basis
- operative privacy and responsible information sharing; commencement is staged
- Jurisdiction
- Western Australia
Proclamation SL 2026/128 was published on 24 June 2026. Officeholder provisions commenced on 1 July 2025. Operative privacy and responsible information sharing commenced on 1 July 2026. Mandatory serious-breach reporting commences on 1 January 2027. Open the proclamation before reliance.
Summary
Privacy and Responsible Information Sharing Act 2024 (WA), assent 6 December 2024.
Privacy and Responsible Information Sharing Act 2024 Commencement Proclamation 2026 (SL 2026/128, published 24 Jun 2026). 1 July 2025: Information Commissioner Act 2024 and PRIS Act Part 2 Div 12, Part 3 Div 8, Parts 4-5 (officeholders: Information Commissioner, Privacy Deputy Commissioner, Chief Data Officer) 1 July 2026: Operative privacy (IPPs) and responsible information sharing provisions in force for WA public entities “New privacy and data sharing laws commence on 1 July 2026.” 1 January 2027: Mandatory reporting of serious data breaches “From 1 January 2027, government agencies will be required to report serious data breaches to the Information Commissioner and to the people affected.”
Freedom of Information Act 1992 (WA). WA's first public-sector privacy statute. It also covers automated decision-making.
Legal Aid WA has published an AI and privacy explainer for lawyers. Proclamation SL 2026/128 was published on 24 June 2026. Officeholder provisions commenced on 1 July 2025.
Operative privacy and responsible information sharing commenced on 1 July 2026. Mandatory serious-breach reporting commences on 1 January 2027. Open the proclamation before reliance.
Points recorded from the source
- Privacy and Responsible Information Sharing Act 2024 (WA) (IPPs; commencing in stages)
- FOI: Freedom of Information Act 1992 (WA)
- 1 July 2025: Information Commissioner Act 2024 and PRIS Act Part 2 Div 12, Part 3 Div 8, Parts 4-5 (officeholders: Information Commissioner, Privacy Deputy Commissioner, Chief Data Officer)
- 1 July 2026: Operative privacy (IPPs) and responsible information sharing provisions in force for WA public entities “New privacy and data sharing laws commence on 1 July 2026.”
- 1 January 2027: Mandatory reporting of serious data breaches “From 1 January 2027, government agencies will be required to report serious data breaches to the Information Commissioner and to the people affected.”
- Legal Aid WA: AI and privacy
- WA legislation (PRIS Act 2024)
- Commencement proclamation
Verify note
Statute names from official sources; how they apply to AI is a summary to verify. Proclamation SL 2026/128 was published on 24 June 2026. Officeholder provisions commenced on 1 July 2025. Operative privacy and responsible information sharing commenced on 1 July 2026. Mandatory serious-breach reporting commences on 1 January 2027. Open the proclamation before reliance.
Source
Read the Government of Western Australia source: Privacy and FOI and AI: Western Australia
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