285Protection of confidentiality

285 Protection of confidentiality

(1) This section restricts what a Minister (including a Minister of a State, a Minister of the Australian Capital Territory or a Minister of the Northern Territory) may do with documentary information made available to the Minister under section 284. (2) The Minister must not make the information: (a) publicly known; or (b) available to a person (other than another Minister, a Minister of a State, a Minister of the Australian Capital Territory or a Minister of the Northern Territory). (3) If the Minister makes the information available to another Minister (including a Minister of a State, a Minister of the Australian Capital Territory or a Minister of the Northern Territory) the other Minister must not make the information: (a) publicly known; or (b) available to a person. (4) Subsection (2) or (3) does not apply if the Minister concerned makes information known or available: (a) in accordance with regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph; or (b) for the purposes of the administration of this Act.