9Customer service functions of agencies of other jurisdictions

9 Customer service functions of agencies of other jurisdictions

9 Customer service functions of agencies of other jurisdictions

(1) This section applies to a function of an agency of the Commonwealth Government, an agency of the Government of another State or Territory or an agency of a Government of another country that is prescribed as a customer service function, or is of a class of functions prescribed by the regulations as customer service functions, for the purposes of this section.

(2) The Secretary may exercise a customer service function that is delegated to the Secretary under an Act of the Commonwealth or another State or Territory or under an instrument made under any such Act.

(3) The Secretary may sub-delegate a customer service function delegated to the Secretary under any such Act, if permitted to do so by or under the Act.

(4) The Secretary may enter into an agreement with an agency of the Commonwealth Government or of the Government of another State or Territory, or any other person authorised to do so under a law of the Commonwealth or the State or Territory, with respect to the exercise of a customer service function of the agency.

(5) The Secretary may enter into an agreement with an agency of the Government of another country, or a person authorised by that Government to do so, with respect to the exercise of a customer service function of the agency.

(6) Without limiting subsections (4) and (5), any such agreement may provide for the collection, disclosure and use of information.

(7) The Secretary may exercise a customer service function conferred under an agreement under this section in accordance with that agreement.

s 9: Am 2026 No 2, Sch 1.4[2].