Fisheries Management Act 1991
108BMinister may disclose information relating to illegal fishing activities
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108B Minister may disclose information relating to illegal fishing activities
(1) The Minister may disclose, or authorise a prescribed agency within the meaning of subsection (3) to disclose on the Minister’s behalf, information relating to fishing activities that may involve a breach of the laws of Australia or of a foreign country, including personal information relating to the fishing activities of individuals that may involve such a breach, to: (a) the government of a foreign country; or (b) an instrumentality of such a government; or (c) an international intergovernmental body. (2) In disclosing the information, or in authorising its disclosure, the Minister may require that it: (a) not be disclosed by the government, instrumentality or body to which it is provided; or (b) be disclosed only for such purposes, and on such conditions, as the Minister specifies. (3) An agency is a prescribed agency for the purposes of subsection (1) if: (a) it is an agency within the meaning of section 7 of the Public Service Act 1999; and (b) it is declared by the regulations to be a prescribed agency for the purposes of that subsection.