Consultation on the Exposure Draft Data Availability and Transparency (Consequential Amendments) Transitional Rules (Transitional Entity) Amendment Rule 2023

Consultation on the Exposure Draft Data Availability and Transparency (Consequential Amendments) Transitional Rules (Transitional Entity) Amendment Rule 2023 is open from 30 October 2023 to 13 November 2023.

An Accredited Data Service Provider (ADSP) is an expert intermediary who can assist data custodians to prepare and share Australian Government data appropriately with accredited users. The specialist data services that an ADSP may provide under the DATA scheme are:

de-identification
secure access, and
complex data integration.

Accredited Integrating Authorities (AIAs) under Commonwealth administrative arrangements may also provide these specialist data services outside of the DATA Scheme.

Schedule 3 to the Data Availability and Transparency (Consequential Amendments) Act 2022 enables the Minister for Finance to make a Rule prescribing an entity as a ‘transitional entity’. The Data Availability and Transparency (Consequential Amendments) Transitional Rules 2022 (the Transitional Rules) currently prescribe six AIAs as transitional entities. Transitional entities can operate as ADSPs under the Data Availability and Transparency Act 2022 for a transition period ending on 30 July 2025.

It is proposed that the Transitional Rules be amended to prescribe Queensland Health, an AIA, as a transitional entity.

The release of the exposure draft Data Availability and Transparency (Consequential Amendments) Transitional Rules (Transitional Entity) Amendment Rule 2023 and accompanying Explanatory Statement is an opportunity to provide feedback on proposed amendments that seek to achieve this outcome.

The Office of the National Data Commissioner welcomes all feedback on the exposure draft documents. Please provide submissions to: information@datacommissioner.gov.au by 13 November 2023 and include ‘Transitional Rules Amendment Submission’ in the subject line.

The Office of the National Data Commissioner, within the Department of Finance, will use the personal information it collects during this consultation for the purpose of considering comments and feedback on the consultation documents. We will not publish your submission, but may publish a summary of issues raised in submissions. This will not include your personal information. Learn more about how we handle your personal information, including information about accessing, or correcting your personal information, in our Privacy Policy.

Consultation Documents