54Protected review reports

54  Protected review reports

 (1) If information must be redacted from a final review report under section 53, the Board must prepare another report (a protected review report) that includes:

 (a) the redacted information; and

 (b) the reasons for redacting the information from the final review report.

 (2) If a protected review report is prepared under this section, the Board must give the Minister, and the Prime Minister, a copy of:

 (a) the final review report prepared under section 52; and

 (b) a copy of the protected review report.

 (3) The Minister may give a copy of the protected review report, or an extract of the protected review report, to any other Commonwealth body, a State body or an entity but only for the purposes of one or more of the following:

 (a) the performance of the functions of a Commonwealth body relating to responding to, mitigating or resolving a cyber security incident;

 (b) the performance of the functions of a State body relating to responding to, mitigating or resolving a cyber security incident;

 (c) informing and advising the Minister, and other Ministers of the Commonwealth, about a cyber security incident;

 (d) the performance of the functions of an intelligence agency.

Division 3—Protection of information relating to reviews