Statutory Review of the Statutory Declarations Act 1959
Consent to publish your submission
For transparency, we aim to publish all responses to this consultation. This may include both full responses to questions posed in the consultation survey and any uploaded submissions. It may also include aggregated data drawn from the responses received.
Where you consent to publication, we will include:
- your name (if provided) if the submission is made by you as an individual, or
- the name of the organisation (if provided) on whose behalf the submission has been made, and
- your responses and comments.
More Information
The Privacy Collection Notice outlines how we will collect your personal information, how it will be used and who it may be disclosed to. To participate in the consultation, either via the online survey or by providing feedback via email, you must confirm that you have read and agree to the Privacy Collection Notice.
Privacy Collection Notice
The Attorney-General’s Department (the department/we/us) adheres to the Privacy Act 1988 (the Privacy Act), including the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs). The APPs set out standards, rights and obligations regarding the handling and management of personal information. This includes how we collect, store, use, disclose, quality assure and secure personal information, as well as your rights to access or correct your personal information. The privacy and security of your personal information is important to us and is protected by law.
Further information about the collection of your personal information is provided below.
Statutory Review of the Statutory Declarations Act 1959
What personal information is being collected
The Attorney-General’s Department is collecting some of your personal information for the purpose of a consultation relating to a statutory review of the Statutory Declarations Act 1959 (the Act).
When you submit a consultation response, you will have the option to provide the following personal information:
- Name
- Email address
The consultation will ask further questions, broadly intended to help us determine whether the Act is operating effectively and whether any amendments may be desirable. You do not need to provide further personal information in response to these questions, but you may if you wish.
Further information about the review can be found on the department’s consultation website.
How your personal information will be collected
You can participate in the consultation by:
- responding to the questions in the web form in Citizen Space, or
- making a submission by email to the department’s Modernising Document Execution section (statdec@ag.gov.au).
Citizen Space is assisting us with the collection of consultation responses and so will have access to your personal information. Citizen Space is a Software as a Service (SaaS) product used for public consultations and internal surveys. It is owned and maintained by Delib. Their privacy notice is available on the website or you may request a copy from the department.
If you make a submission by email, we will collect your name and email address and any other personal information you choose to provide directly.
What happens if your personal information is not collected
You are under no obligation to provide us with any personal information. However, if we do not collect your personal information, it may affect our ability to:
- get in touch with you to seek information and feedback on the consultation process
- clarify any aspect of the feedback you provide in your submission
- invite you to provide additional feedback, and/or
- advise and update you on the progress and work in this space.
If you choose to use a pseudonym or remain anonymous, and in future you request access to your personal information, we may not be able to identify the relevant information.
How your personal information will be used
We will use your personal information in connection with the review of the Act being conducted by the department, including in internal documents prepared by the department to inform policy analysis, or to contact you if we have questions about your submission or response.
We may use an artificial intelligence (AI) tool for the purposes of analysing submissions and responses. Any AI tool used for this purpose will be securely hosted for departmental use within Australia and will comply with all departmental and government obligations on AI use. No information used within the AI tool will be shared outside of the department or be used for training any AI models.
If you have provided your name and given permission for your response/submission to be published your name may be published along with your consultation response. We may also publish a summary or quotations from information provided by participants in this consultation on the department’s website.
How your personal information may be shared
In some cases, we may share information in your consultation response, including personal information, to relevant Commonwealth agencies as is reasonably necessary to inform policy development related to the Act and the purpose of the review.
If we identify any other reason we need to disclose your personal information other than those listed above or permitted by the Privacy Act, we will seek your consent before doing so.
If you provide information to us (including personal information and sensitive information) that leads us to consider you, or someone else, may be at risk of harm, we may be required to share this information with police and/or other relevant authorities. We may also be required to disclose your personal information (including sensitive information) to meet mandatory reporting requirements or to report a suspected crime.
Your personal information (including sensitive information) may also be subject to Freedom of Information requests. If we identify any other reason to disclose your personal information other than those listed above or permitted by the Privacy Act, we will seek your express consent before doing so.
Will your personal information be disclosed overseas
Your personal information will not be disclosed by us to overseas parties.
Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle and protect the personal information you provide us. Our Privacy Policy also explains how you can request access to, or correct, the personal information we hold about you, and who to contact if you have a privacy enquiry or complaint. If you require a hard copy of our Privacy Policy, please contact the Privacy Officer at privacy@ag.gov.au.
If you have any questions regarding the statutory review of the Statutory Declarations Act 1959, please contact the project officer at statdec@ag.gov.au.