69Disclosure of information and documents

69 Disclosure of information and documents

(1) The Secretary may disclose any information, or give any document, obtained or generated for the purposes of this Act, to any of the following for a purpose connected with the administration of this Act (including the performance of a function, or the exercise of a power, under this Act): (a) a Minister of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; (b) the head (however described) of a Commonwealth entity; (c) a State or Territory entity; (d) a foreign government entity; (e) a person or entity specified in an instrument under subsection (2). (2) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, specify a person or entity for the purposes of paragraph (1)(e). (3) The Secretary may disclose information under subsection (1) only if the Secretary is satisfied that the recipient of the information will not disclose the information to anyone else without the Secretary’s consent. (4) The Secretary may give a document under subsection (1) only if the Secretary is satisfied that the recipient of the document will not disclose any of the contents of the document to anyone else without the Secretary’s consent. Relationship with other laws (5) Subsection (1) applies despite: (a) a law of the Commonwealth other than this section; and (b) a law of a State or a Territory. Definitions (6) In this section:

Commonwealth entity has the same meaning as in the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.

foreign government entity means:

(a) the government of a foreign country or of part of a foreign country; or
(b) an authority of the government of a foreign country; or
(c) an authority of the government of part of a foreign country.

State or Territory entity means:

(a) a State or Territory; or
(b) an authority of a State or Territory.