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.