65Access to Register to be restricted

65 Access to Register to be restricted (1) The Commissioner must ensure: (a) that the Register, or any part of the Register, is only accessed by a person or class of persons authorised to do so by the Commissioner; and (b) that personal information in the Register is only disclosed by a person with access to the Register, or the relevant part of the Register, in circumstances authorised by the Commissioner or as otherwise required or authorised by or under any Act or law. (2) Personal information in the Register that is to be disclosed under subsection (1)(b) otherwise than to a police officer or a law enforcement agency may only be disclosed by a person authorised to do so by the Commissioner. (3) The Commissioner must develop guidelines in relation to the accessing and disclosure of personal information in the Register to ensure that access to the personal information in the Register is restricted to the greatest extent that is possible without interfering with the objects of this Act. (4) For this section, the Register includes any information from any register maintained under a corresponding Act and that is accessible by the Commissioner, whether or not the information is contained in the Register. (5) This section has effect despite any other Act or law to the contrary. (6) In this section: law enforcement agency means: (a) the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police; or (b) the Commissioner (however designated) of the police force of a State, another Territory or another country.

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