85Disclosure of official information

85 Disclosure of official information

Information other than national security information or sensitive financial intelligence information (1) A Corporation official may disclose official information to an agency, body or person specified in subsection (2) if: (a) the disclosure will: (i) facilitate the performance of the Corporation’s investment functions; or (ii) enable or assist the agency, body or person to perform or exercise any of the functions or powers of the agency, body or person; and (b) the information is not: (i) national security information; or (ii) sensitive financial intelligence information. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the agencies, bodies and persons are the following: (a) a subsidiary of the Corporation; (b) the Australian Bureau of Statistics; (c) an APS employee in a Department; (d) the government of a State or Territory; (e) a prescribed agency, body or person. National security information and sensitive financial intelligence information (3) A Corporation official may disclose official information to an agency, body or person specified in subsection (4) if: (a) the disclosure will: (i) facilitate the performance of the Corporation’s investment functions; or (ii) enable or assist the agency, body or person to perform or exercise any of the functions or powers of the agency, body or person; or (iii) if the disclosure is to a staff member of a national security agency—enable or assist the agency to perform or exercise any of the functions or powers of the national security agency; and (b) the information is: (i) national security information; or (ii) sensitive financial intelligence information. (4) For the purposes of subsection (3), the agencies, bodies and persons are the following: (a) a Minister of the Commonwealth who has responsibility for national security; (b) the Minister administering this Act; (c) the Finance Minister; (d) a person who: (i) is a person employed, under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984, as a personal employee of a Minister mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c); and (ii) holds an appropriate security clearance; (e) the Secretary of a Department administered by a Minister mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c); (f) a national security agency; (g) a person who: (i) is a staff member of a national security agency; and (ii) holds an appropriate security clearance; (h) a prescribed agency, body or person.