25Protection of information

25 Protection of information

(1) This regulation applies to a person who, at the time that something is done under the Act or these Regulations (a relevant action), is: (a) the Minister; or (b) the Secretary of the Department; or (c) an APS employee; or (d) an AFP employee, or a member of the Australian Federal Police, within the meaning of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979; or (e) a person who holds a controlled asset or an asset that the person suspects may be a controlled asset; or (f) a person employed by a person mentioned in paragraph (e). (2) A person to whom this regulation applies is not required: (a) to produce in a court any document that has come into the custody or control of the person in the course of, or because of, the relevant action; or (b) to divulge or communicate to a court any matter or thing that has come to the notice of the person in the course of, or because of, the relevant action; unless it is necessary to do so to comply with the Act or these Regulations.