Status: Active
Latest Amendment Date: 21 August 2026
Terms of Reference
1. Establishment
The Data Standards Chair for Digital ID and Consumer Data Right (Chair), acting under subsection 56FH(2) of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (CCA) and section 103 of the Digital ID Act 2024 (DIA), establishes the Data Standards Advisory Committee (DSAC) as set out in these Terms of Reference.
The data standards for the Consumer Data Right (CDR) are made under Part IVD of the CCA and the data standards for Digital ID are made under the DIA (collectively, the Data Standards). The CCA and associated Competition and Consumer (Consumer Data Right) Rules 2020 (CDR Rules) set out the requirements relating to the DSAC’s role in advising the Chair on the CDR Data Standards, while the DIA provides the legislative framework for the Digital ID Data Standards. The DSAC is established as an advisory body only and does not have decision-making authority.
2. Responsibilities
Under the CDR Rules, the Chair must consult the DSAC before making or amending the CDR Data Standards. The DSAC members are expected to provide the Chair with advice on the development and implementation of proposed data standards or amendments to data standards as the Chair requests from time to time.
While consultation with DSAC is not a legislative requirement under the Digital ID framework, the Chair may seek DSAC’s advice on proposed Digital ID Data Standards as the Chair considers appropriate.
The Chair may consult with members on matters relating to the Data Standards as the Chair thinks fit, including through meetings and bilateral discussions.
The establishment of the DSAC does not limit the persons from whom the Chair may seek advice in connection with the Data Standards.
3. Membership
DSAC members are selected by the Chair in accordance with CDR Rule 8.4. At a minimum, the membership of DSAC consists of the Data Standards Chair (as Chair of the committee), a consumer representative and a privacy representative. The Chair may include additional members from time to time to provide appropriate subject matter expertise for matters being considered. The Chair will determine the terms and conditions of membership to DSAC.
The Chair may terminate a person’s membership of the DSAC in writing at any time. A DSAC member may resign their membership by giving the Chair a written resignation. The resignation takes effect on the day it is received by the Chair or, if a later day is specified in the resignation, on that later day.
4. Meetings
Meetings of DSAC are convened at the discretion of the Chair. The Chair presides over meetings of the DSAC and may delegate this function to an SES employee of the Treasury.
5. Data Standards Body
The Data Standards Body will provide secretariat support to the Chair with respect to DSAC and assist in coordinating membership, meetings, papers and minutes.
6. Review of DSAC
The Chair may evaluate the effectiveness of the DSAC in fulfilling its advisory role and may make changes to its composition, operation or these Terms of Reference as appropriate.