122Minister may publicise certain offences, contraventions and decisions

122 Minister may publicise certain offences, contraventions and decisions

(1) The Minister may publicise, in any way the Minister thinks appropriate, any or all of the following: (a) an offence against this Act of which a person has been convicted, and the person’s name; (b) a contravention of a civil penalty provision of this Act in relation to which a civil penalty order has been made against a person, and the person’s name; (c) the acceptance of an undertaking given under section 114 of the Regulatory Powers Act (as it applies because of this Part) by a person, the terms of the undertaking, and the person’s name; (d) a breach of an undertaking given under section 114 of the Regulatory Powers Act (as it applies because of this Part) in relation to which an order has been made against a person under subsection 115(2) of that Act (as it applies because of this Part), the terms of the order and the person’s name; (e) the granting or varying of an injunction under Part 7 of the Regulatory Powers Act (as it applies because of this Part) restraining a person from engaging in conduct, or requiring a person to do an act or thing, the nature of the conduct, act or thing and the person’s name; (f) a decision to: (i) give the administrator of an approved co‑regulatory arrangement an improvement notice; or (ii) require an audit of an approved co‑regulatory arrangement to be conducted; or (iii) cancel the accreditation of a voluntary arrangement or the approval of a co‑regulatory arrangement; (g) the reasons for a decision referred to in paragraph (f); (h) the name of the administrator of an arrangement referred to in paragraph (f).

Note: This subsection constitutes an authorisation for the purposes of other laws, such as paragraph 6.2(b) of Australian Privacy Principle 6.

(2) This section does not: (a) limit the power of the Minister or anyone else to publicise a matter or a person’s name; or (b) prevent anyone else from publicising a matter or a person’s name; or (c) affect any obligation (however imposed) on anyone to publicise a matter or a person’s name.