73Protection of security-sensitive information

73 Protection of security-sensitive information

(1)  [Section 73 Subsection (1) amended by No. 2 of 2012, s. 99, Applied:01 Jan 2013] If the reasons for a decision made by the regulator or another decision-maker under this Act are based, or partly based, on security-sensitive information –

(a) [Section 73 Subsection (1) amended by No. 2 of 2012, s. 99, Applied:01 Jan 2013] the regulator or other decision-maker is not required to disclose the existence or content of that information when notifying a person of the decision; and

(b) it is sufficient, in any such notification, if it is stated that the decision was made "on security grounds".

(2)  In the event of an inconsistency between subsection (1) and any other law of the State, subsection (1) prevails.

(3)  In this section –

decision includes a direction under Division 6 of Part 2 ;

security-sensitive information means information that concerns and, if publicly disclosed, may be prejudicial to –

(a) the security of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory; or

(b) the safety of the public or any group or individual; or

(c) the operations of a law-enforcement agency of a State or Territory; or

(d) the operations of a law-enforcement, security or customs agency of the Commonwealth.