104Disclosure of information

104 Disclosure of information

(1) This section applies to information, including e‑monitoring data and personal information, of the kind referred to in paragraph 168(2)(v) of the Act. (2) AFMA may disclose the information: (a) to a government entity if AFMA is satisfied that the information relates to the performance of a function of the entity; or (b) to a person conducting research if AFMA is satisfied that the research is related to, or will support, AFMA’s functions or objectives; or (c) in the case of data collected from a vessel monitoring system fitted to a boat that has been nominated for a fishing concession, e‑monitoring data or information collected from the holder of a fishing concession (and without limiting paragraph (a) or (b))—to a person who: (i) was the holder of the fishing concession at the time to which the data or information relates; or (ii) has been nominated by a person described in subparagraph (i); or (d) in the case of information relating to the disposal of fish by the holder of a fish receiver permit—to the person who was the holder of the permit when the fish were disposed of. (3) In this section:

government entity means:

(a) the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or
(b) an agency or authority of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory; or
(c) a foreign country or part of a foreign country.