7.1Disclosure of information to and by the Minister

7.1 Disclosure of information to and by the Minister

(1) For paragraph 42(1)(e) of the Australian Passports Act, the following persons are specified: (a) in relation to the address, contact details or electoral enrolment of an applicant or a guarantor in relation to an application—the Australian Electoral Commission; (b) in relation to information contained in a document required by the Minister or relied on by the applicant as evidence of identity, address or entitlement—the person that issued or signed the document; (c) in relation to other information that the Minister considers is necessary for the purpose of satisfying the Minister as to a person’s identity or entitlement—the person who can provide the information. (2) For subsection 42(5) of the Australian Passports Act, the Minister may disclose the personal information mentioned in subsection (3) in relation to an application for a travel document to: (a) a person mentioned in the application; or (b) a person mentioned in subsection (1). (3) For subsection (2), the information is: (a) in relation to the applicant, the guarantor in relation to the application or a person who witnesses the consent of a person with parental responsibility to an application: (i) the person’s full name; and (ii) the person’s date and place of birth; and (iii) the person’s sex; and (iv) the number of any Australian travel document held by the person; and (v) the date and place of issue of any Australian travel document held by the person; and (vi) the person’s address; and (vii) the person’s occupation; and (b) in relation to a birth certificate, marriage certificate or citizenship certificate: (i) the official number allocated to the certificate by: (A) in the case of a registered birth certificate or marriage certificate—the registry of births, deaths and marriages that issued the certificate; or (B) in the case of a citizenship certificate—the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs; or (C) in the case of an overseas birth certificate or marriage certificate—the authority that issued the certificate; and (ii) the date on which the certificate was issued and, in the case of a registered birth certificate or marriage certificate, the date on which the birth or marriage was registered; and (c) the applicant’s name, as stated on his or her birth certificate; and (d) in relation to an application made by, or on behalf of, a child: (i) the full names of the child’s mother and father; and (ii) the maiden name of the child’s mother; and (e) the official number allocated by the Department to the application.