604‑25.01 Authorised use or disclosure604‑25.01 Authorised use or disclosure

#### 604‑25.01 Authorised use or disclosure (1) For paragraph 604‑25(4)(f) of the Act, the following Agencies are prescribed: (a) each Department of State that is responsible for general policy on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs; (b) each Department of State that is responsible for the administration of a program that relates specifically to Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander persons; (c) the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. > Note: Under paragraph 604‑25(4)(f) of the Act, the disclosure of protected information is taken to be an authorised disclosure if it is made to an Agency Head of, or an APS employee in, an Agency (within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1999) that is prescribed by these Regulations for the purposes of performing the functions, or exercising the powers, of the Agency. (2) For paragraph 604‑25(4)(g) of the Act, the Australian Federal Police is prescribed. > Note: Under paragraph 604‑25(4)(g) of the Act, the disclosure of protected information is taken to be an authorised disclosure if it is made to a Chief Executive, or an officer or employee, of a prescribed Agency (within the meaning of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997), if the prescribed Agency is also prescribed by these Regulations for the purposes of performing the functions, or exercising the powers, conferred on the Agency. (3) For paragraph 604‑25(4)(i) of the Act, each Department of State of a State or Territory that is responsible for general policy on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs is prescribed. > Note: Under paragraph 604‑25(4)(i) of the Act, the disclosure of protected information is taken to be an authorised disclosure if it is made to the head (however described), or an officer or employee, of a Department of State of a State or Territory prescribed by these Regulations for the purposes of performing functions of the Department. (4) For paragraph 604‑25(4)(i) of the Act, each of the following Departments of State of a State or Territory is prescribed to the extent to which subregulation (3) does not apply to the Department: (a) the Department of State of New South Wales that is responsible for the administration of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 of that State; (b) each Department of State of Victoria that is responsible for the administration of any of the following Acts of that State: (i) the Aboriginal Land (Manatunga Land) Act 1992; (ii) the Aboriginal Land (Northcote Land) Act 1989; (iii) the Aboriginal Lands (Aborigines’ Advancement League) (Watt Street, Northcote) Act 1982; (iv) the Aboriginal Lands Act 1970; (v) the Aboriginal Lands Act 1991; (c) each Department of State of Queensland that is responsible for the administration of either of the following Acts of that State: (i) the Aboriginal Land Act 1991; (ii) the Torres Strait Islander Land Act 1991; (d) the Department of State of Western Australia that is responsible for the administration of the Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority Act 1972 of that State; (e) the Department of State of South Australia that is responsible for the administration of the Aboriginal Lands Trust Act 1966 of that State; (f) the Department of State of Tasmania that is responsible for the administration of the Aboriginal Lands Act 1995 of that State. > Note: Under paragraph 604‑25(4)(i) of the Act, the disclosure of protected information is taken to be an authorised disclosure if it is made to the head (however described), or an officer or employee, of a Department of State of a State or Territory prescribed by these Regulations for the purposes of performing functions of the Department. (5) For paragraph 604‑25(4)(j) of the Act, the following bodies are prescribed: (a) the police force or service of a State; (b) the Northern Territory Police Force; (c) an authority of a State or Territory that has functions and powers similar to those of the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Commonwealth. > Note: Under paragraph 604‑25(4)(j) of the Act, the disclosure of protected information is taken to be an authorised disclosure if it is made to the head (however described), or an officer or employee, of a body prescribed by these Regulations and established for a public purpose by or under a law of a State or Territory (including a local governing body) for the purposes of performing functions conferred on the body by a law of the State or Territory. (6) For paragraph 604‑25(4)(k) of the Act, the following professional disciplinary bodies are prescribed: (a) CPA Australia; (b) the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia; (c) the Institute of Public Accountants; (d) the New South Wales Bar Association; (e) the Law Society of New South Wales; (f) the Victorian Bar Incorporated; (g) the Law Institute of Victoria; (h) the Bar Association of Queensland; (i) the Queensland Law Society; (j) the Legal Practice Board of Western Australia; (k) the Law Society of South Australia; (l) the Law Society of Tasmania; (m) the Law Society of the Australian Capital Territory; (n) the Law Society Northern Territory. > Note: Under paragraph 604‑25(4)(k) of the Act, the disclosure of protected information is taken to be an authorised disclosure if it is made to a professional disciplinary body prescribed by these Regulations for the purposes of performing one of its functions or exercising one of its powers. (7) For paragraph 604‑25(4)(l) of the Act: (a) Indigenous Business Australia, established by section 145 of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005, is prescribed; and (b) the purpose of performing the functions of Indigenous Business Australia under that Act is prescribed. > Note: Under paragraph 604‑25(4)(l) of the Act, the disclosure of protected information is taken to be an authorised disclosure if it is made to a prescribed person or body for the prescribed purposes of the body or person. (8) For paragraph 604‑25(4)(l) of the Act: (a) the Indigenous Land Corporation, established by section 191A of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005, is prescribed; and (b) the purpose of performing the functions of the Indigenous Land Corporation under that Act is prescribed. > Note: Under paragraph 604‑25(4)(l) of the Act, the disclosure of protected information is taken to be an authorised disclosure if it is made to a prescribed person or body for the prescribed purposes of the body or person.