23Disclosure of information

23 Disclosure of information

(1) This section is made for sections 45 and 46 of the Act. (2) For a purpose specified in column 1 of an item in the following table, the Minister may disclose personal information of a kind specified in column 2 of the item to a person specified in column 3 of the item.

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="4" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Disclosure of information</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:3.7%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:28.88%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 1</span></p></td><td style="width:18.64%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 2</span></p></td><td style="width:48.78%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 3</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:3.7%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:28.88%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Purposes for which information may be disclosed</span></p></td><td style="width:18.64%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Kinds of information</span></p></td><td style="width:48.78%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Persons to whom information may be disclosed</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:3.7%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><a id="CU_436400"></a><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:28.88%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>The purpose of informing the person to whom the information is given about the status of an Australian travel document (see section</span><span> </span><span>45 of the Act)</span></p></td><td style="width:18.64%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Any of the following information:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) data page information;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) status information</span></p></td><td style="width:48.78%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Any of the following persons:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) a person receiving the information for any foreign border authority;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) a person receiving the information for the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol);</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) a person authorised by Interpol to access information held by Interpol in accordance with Interpol’s rules on the processing of information for the purposes of international police cooperation;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(d) a person receiving the information for the registry of births, deaths and marriages (however described) of a State or Territory;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(e) a person receiving the information for the road traffic authority (however described) of a State or Territory;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(f) the Secretary of the Department of Defence;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(g) a member of the Australian Federal Police;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(h) a member of the police force of a State or Territory;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(i) a person receiving the information for a court of the Commonwealth, or a State or Territory;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(j) a person receiving the information for the Immigration Department.</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:3.7%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:28.88%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>The purpose of confirming or verifying information relating to an applicant for an Australian travel document or a person to whom an Australian travel document has been issued (see paragraph</span><span> </span><span>46(1)(a) of the Act)</span></p></td><td style="width:18.64%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Any of the following information:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) data page information;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) status information;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) authenticity information</span></p></td><td style="width:48.78%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Any of the following persons:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) a person receiving the information for the registry</span><span style="font-style:italic"> </span><span>of births, deaths and marriages (however described) of a State or Territory;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) a person receiving the information for the road traffic authority (however described) of a State or Territory;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) the Secretary of the Department of Defence;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(d) a member of the Australian Federal Police;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(e) a member of the police force of a State or Territory;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(f) a person receiving the information for a court of the Commonwealth, or a State or Territory;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(g)</span><span style="width:2.54pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>a person receiving the information for the Immigration Department;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(j) a person receiving the information for any foreign border authority.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:3.7%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:28.88%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>The purpose of facilitating or otherwise assisting the international travel of a person to whom an Australian travel document has been issued (see paragraph</span><span> </span><span>46(1)(b) of the Act)</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:18.64%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Any of the following information:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) data page information;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) status information;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) authenticity information</span></p></td><td style="width:48.78%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Any of the following persons:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) a person receiving the information for the Immigration Department;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(d) a person receiving the information for any foreign border authority.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:3.7%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:28.88%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>The purpose of law enforcement (see paragraph</span><span> </span><span>46(1)(c) of the Act)</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:18.64%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Any of the following information:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) data page information;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) status information;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) request information</span></p></td><td style="width:48.78%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>A person who has responsibility for, or powers, functions or duties in relation to, law enforcement under a law of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:3.7%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><a id="CU_839704"></a><span>5</span></p></td><td style="width:28.88%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>The purpose of the operation of family law and related matters (see paragraph</span><span> </span><span>46(1)(d) of the Act)</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:18.64%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Any of the following information:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) data page information;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) status information;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) request information</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:48.78%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Any of the following persons:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) a person receiving the information for a court of the Commonwealth, or a State or Territory;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) the Secretary of the Attorney</span><span>‑</span><span>General’s Department when acting as the Commonwealth Central Authority for the purposes of the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, done at The Hague on 25</span><span> </span><span>October 1980 or the Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co</span><span>‑</span><span>operation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children, done at The Hague on 19</span><span> </span><span>October 1996.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:3.7%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>5A</span></p></td><td style="width:28.88%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>The purpose of participating in:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) the Document Verification Service; or</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) the Face Verification Service;</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span>to share or match information relating to the identity of a person (see subparagraphs</span><span> </span><span>46(1)(da)(i) and (ii) of the Act)</span></p></td><td style="width:18.64%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Any of the following information:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) </span><a id="_Hlk148607429"><span>data page information;</span></a></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) status information;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) request information;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(d) authenticity information</span></p></td><td style="width:48.78%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Any of the following persons:</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) if the information is requested in accordance with section</span><span> </span><span>15 of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Identity Verification Services Act 2023</span><span>)—any person receiving the information on behalf of the requesting party identified in that section;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) if the information is requested in accordance with section</span><span> </span><span>19 of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Identity Verification Services Act 2023</span><span>)—any person receiving the information on behalf of the requesting party identified in that section.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:3.7%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>6</span></p></td><td style="width:28.88%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>The purposes of any of the following laws, which are specified for paragraph</span><span> </span><span>46(1)(e) of the Act:</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>(a) Division</span><span> </span><span>7 of Part</span><span> </span><span>3 of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999</span><span> (to the extent the Division applies because of a notice given under section</span><span> </span><span>57GK of that Act);</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>(b) Division</span><span> </span><span>5 of Part</span><span> </span><span>6</span><span>‑</span><span>1 of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Paid Parental Leave Act 2010</span><span> (to the extent the Division applies because of a notice given under section</span><span> </span><span>278D of that Act);</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>(c) Part</span><span> </span><span>1.3B of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Social Security Act 1991</span><span> (to the extent the Part applies because of a notice given under section</span><span> </span><span>38P of that Act)</span></p></td><td style="width:18.64%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>Any of the following information:</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>(a) data page information;</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>(b) status information;</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>(c) request information</span></p></td><td style="width:48.78%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>Any of the following persons:</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>(a) the Attorney</span><span>‑</span><span>General;</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>(b) the Secretary of the Attorney</span><span>‑</span><span>General’s Department;</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span>(c) an SES employee or APS employee in the Attorney</span><span>‑</span><span>General’s Department.</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>