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Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975
123AAuthorisation of disclosures about decisions where Commonwealth, State or Territory Minister or body etc. provided information
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#### 123A Authorisation of disclosures about decisions where Commonwealth, State or Territory Minister or body etc. provided information
A person (the discloser) may disclose protected information to a person (the recipient) if:
(a) the recipient is:
(i) a Minister, an officer or an employee of the Commonwealth, a State, the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory; or
(ii) an officer or employee of a Commonwealth, State or Territory body; and
(b) the information relates to a decision (the relevant decision) to make, or not to make, an order or decision under Part 3; and
(c) either:
(i) the recipient; or
(ii) if subparagraph (a)(ii) applies—another officer or employee of the Commonwealth, State or Territory body mentioned in that subparagraph;
provided information for the purposes of the making of the relevant decision; and
(d) the discloser reasonably believes the disclosure of the information may assist the recipient in the performance of the recipient’s functions or duties, or the exercise of the recipient’s powers, as a person mentioned in subparagraph (a)(i) or (ii).