189Disclosing information about breaches of regulatory requirements

189 Disclosing information about breaches of regulatory requirements

(1) TEQSA may disclose the kinds of higher education information referred to in subsection (2) to: (a) a person who holds any office or appointment under a law of the Commonwealth, or under a law of a State or Territory; or (b) a member, or special member, of the Australian Federal Police (within the meaning of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979); or (c) a member of the police force, or police service, of a State or Territory; or (d) an employee: (i) of a Commonwealth authority or of a State or Territory authority; and (ii) of a kind specified in the Information Guidelines for the purposes of this section; or (e) in the case of a registered provider (within the meaning of the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000)—the TPS Director, within the meaning of that Act; or (f) a regulatory authority of another country that has responsibility relating to the quality or regulation of higher education. (2) The kinds of higher education information are as follows: (a) information that relates to an offence, or possible offence, against this Act, this Act’s associated provisions or the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000; (b) information that relates to a contravention, or possible contravention, of: (i) this Act; or (ii) the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000; or (iii) the Higher Education Support Act 2003; or (iv) legislative instruments made under any of those Acts.