20Disclosure of information to and by the Minister

20 Disclosure of information to and by the Minister

(1) For paragraph 42(1)(e) of the Act, the following persons are specified: (a) in relation to the address, contact details or electoral enrolment of an applicant or a referee 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, entitlement or eligibility—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, entitlement or eligibility—the person who can provide the information. (2) For subsection 42(5) of the Act, the Minister may disclose personal information mentioned in subsection (3) in relation to an application for an Australian 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 referee 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 (viii) the person’s signature; and (ix) a photograph of the person; and (b) in relation to a document or other thing that evidences or indicates, or can be used to evidence or indicate, a person’s identity, citizenship or any aspect of a person’s identity or citizenship: (i) the official number allocated to the document or thing by the person or body that issued the document or thing or registered the relevant event to which the document or thing relates; and (ii) the date on which the document or thing was issued or the relevant event was registered; and (c) any other details on a document or other thing that evidences or indicates, or can be used to evidence or indicate, the applicant’s identity, citizenship or any aspect of the applicant’s identity or citizenship; and (d) in relation to an application made by, or on behalf of, a child: (i) the full names of each person with parental responsibility for the child; and (ii) the maiden name of the child’s mother; and (iii) information relating to an order of a court, or proceedings before a court, that may affect the rights of the child to travel internationally or who has parental responsibility for the child; and (e) the official number allocated by the Department to the application.

Note: Parental responsibility has the meaning given by subsection 11(5) of the Act.