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Australian Passports Act 2005
46AMinister may arrange for computer programs to disclose personal information for the purposes of certain identity verification services
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#### 46A Minister may arrange for computer programs to disclose personal information for the purposes of certain identity verification services
(1) The Minister may arrange for the use, under the Minister’s control, of computer programs in disclosing personal information under paragraph 46(1)(da) to a person participating in:
(a) the Document Verification Service; or
(b) the Face Verification Service.
(2) For the purposes of this Act or any legislative instrument made under this Act, the Minister is taken to have disclosed personal information in accordance with paragraph 46(1)(da) if the disclosure was made by the operation of a computer program under an arrangement made under subsection (1) of this section.