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National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011
210BDisclosure and release of information by the Department etc.
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#### 210B Disclosure and release of information by the Department etc.
Scope
(1) This section applies to information disclosed under paragraph 210A(1)(a).
Disclosure of information
(2) The Secretary may disclose the information to either of the following for the purposes of this Act, of the Department, or (in the case of disclosure to a Commonwealth authority) of that authority:
(a) a Commonwealth authority;
(b) a person engaged by the Secretary to carry out an activity on behalf of the Department.
(3) The Secretary may disclose information to an authority or person under subsection (2) only if the authority or person satisfies the requirements (if any) prescribed by the information safeguard rules for the purposes of this subsection.
Release of information to the public
(4) The Secretary may release the information to the public to the extent that the information is of a kind the release of which:
(a) has been agreed to by the Ministerial Council; or
(b) if the Ministerial Council has agreed that a specified person or body may endorse the release of kinds of information by means of a specified procedure in specified circumstances (if any)—has been endorsed by the specified person or body by means of the specified procedure in the specified circumstances (if any).
(5) Subsection (4) does not authorise the release of personal information, unless the personal information is the name of a registered training organisation.