Source: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2017C00354
Timestamp: 2018-07-19 09:34:32
Document Index: 536060911

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 2', 'art 10', 'art 3', 'art 4', 'art 5', 'art 6', 'art 7']

Details: C2017C00354
- C2017C00354
Act No. 40 of 2015 as amended, taking into account amendments up to Australian Border Force Amendment (Protected Information) Act 2017
An Act relating to the Australian Border Force, the Australian Border Force Commissioner and persons performing work for the Department, and for related purposes
Australian Border Force Amendment (Protected Information) Act 2017 - C2017A00115
sch 1 (items 27-31)
C2017C00354
No. 40, 2015
Compilation date: 31 October 2017
Includes amendments up to: Act No. 115, 2017
Registered: 9 November 2017
This is a compilation of the Australian Border Force Act 2015 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 31 October 2017 (the compilation date).
5............ Consultants and contractors etc........................................................... 8
6............ Act binds the Crown........................................................................... 9
7............ Extraterritorial application................................................................... 9
Part 2—Australian Border Force Commissioner 10
Division 1—Simplified outline of this Part 10
Division 2—Office and role of the Australian Border Force Commissioner 11
10.......... Powers of Australian Border Force Commissioner.......................... 11
Division 3—Appointment of the Australian Border Force Commissioner 12
11.......... Appointment..................................................................................... 12
12.......... Term of appointment......................................................................... 12
13.......... Oath or affirmation by Australian Border Force Commissioner....... 12
14.......... Acting Australian Border Force Commissioner................................ 13
15.......... Application of finance law................................................................ 13
Division 4—Terms and conditions for the Australian Border Force Commissioner 14
16.......... Remuneration and allowances........................................................... 14
17.......... Leave of absence............................................................................... 14
18.......... Outside work.................................................................................... 14
19.......... Disclosure of interests....................................................................... 14
20.......... Resignation of appointment............................................................... 15
21.......... Suspension or termination of appointment........................................ 15
22.......... Other terms and conditions............................................................... 16
Division 5—Ministerial directions 17
23.......... Minister may give directions to Australian Border Force Commissioner 17
Division 6—Oaths or affirmations by Immigration and Border Protection workers 18
24.......... Oaths or affirmations by Immigration and Border Protection workers 18
Division 7—Delegation and directions 19
25.......... Delegation......................................................................................... 19
26.......... Directions—administration and control of the operations of the Australian Border Force 20
27.......... Directions—performance of functions or exercise of powers under laws of the Commonwealth 22
Part 3—Resignation from the Department 24
29.......... Resignation—general........................................................................ 24
30.......... Resignation in anticipation of termination of employment................. 24
Part 4—Termination of employment in the Department for serious misconduct 27
31.......... Simplified outline of this Part............................................................ 27
32.......... Termination of employment for serious misconduct......................... 27
Part 5—Alcohol and drug tests 30
33.......... Simplified outline of this Part............................................................ 30
34.......... Alcohol screening test—suspicion that Immigration and Border Protection worker under the influence of alcohol 30
35.......... Alcohol screening, breath or blood test or prohibited drug test—general 31
36.......... Alcohol screening, breath or blood test or prohibited drug test—certain incidents 32
37.......... Performing duties on board a vessel................................................. 34
38.......... Conduct of tests and provision of samples to be in accordance with the rules 34
39.......... Rules for purposes of this Part.......................................................... 35
40.......... Admissibility of test results etc. in legal proceedings........................ 36
Part 6—Secrecy and disclosure provisions 37
41.......... Simplified outline of this Part............................................................ 37
42.......... Secrecy.............................................................................................. 37
43.......... Records or disclosure for the purposes of this Act or the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006 38
44.......... Disclosure to certain bodies and persons.......................................... 39
45.......... Disclosure in accordance with agreements........................................ 41
46.......... Permitted purposes............................................................................ 42
47.......... Disclosure with consent.................................................................... 44
48.......... Disclosure to reduce threat to life or health....................................... 44
49.......... Disclosure of publicly available information..................................... 45
50.......... Exceptions operate independently..................................................... 45
50A....... Information must be certified as appropriately classified before proceedings can be initiated 45
51.......... Interaction with Privacy Act.............................................................. 45
Part 7—Other matters 46
52.......... Simplified outline of this Part............................................................ 46
53.......... Delegation by Secretary.................................................................... 46
54.......... Delegation by Comptroller‑General of Customs............................... 48
55.......... Directions by Secretary—administration and control of the Department 49
56.......... Directions by Secretary—performance of functions or exercise of powers under laws of the Commonwealth 51
57.......... Termination of engagement of consultant or contractor..................... 52
57A....... Act not to apply so as to exceed Commonwealth power................... 53
58.......... Rules................................................................................................. 53
(a) the Australian Geospatial‑Intelligence Organisation; or
• An entrusted person must not make a record of or disclose Immigration and Border Protection information unless the making of the record or disclosure is authorised by a provision of this Part, is in the course of the person’s employment or service as an entrusted person or is required or authorised by law or by an order or direction of a court or tribunal.
(c) the information is Immigration and Border Protection information.
Note: Recklessness is the fault element for paragraph (1)(c)—see section 5.6 of the Criminal Code.
An entrusted person may make a record of, or disclose, Immigration and Border Protection information if:
(1) An entrusted person authorised under subsection (3) may disclose Immigration and Border Protection information that does not contain personal information, to a body or person mentioned in subsection (4) if:
(2) An entrusted person authorised under subsection (3) may disclose Immigration and Border Protection information that contains personal information, to a body or person mentioned in subsection (4) for a purpose mentioned in section 46 if:
(c) if, under subsection (6), that body or person is required to comply with a condition before the disclosure of the information—that body or person has complied with that condition.
(a) before Immigration and Border Protection information is disclosed to that body or person under subsection (1) or (2); or
(b) in relation to Immigration and Border Protection information disclosed to that body or person under subsection (1) or (2).
(1) An entrusted person authorised under subsection (3) may disclose Immigration and Border Protection information that does not contain personal information, to a foreign country, an agency or authority of a foreign country or a public international organisation if:
(2) An entrusted person authorised under subsection (3) may disclose Immigration and Border Protection information that contains personal information, to a foreign country, an agency or authority of a foreign country or a public international organisation for a purpose mentioned in section 46 if:
(c) that foreign country, agency, authority or organisation has undertaken not to use or further disclose the information except in accordance with the agreement or otherwise as required or authorised by law.
(5) The Secretary may, by writing, impose conditions to be complied with by a foreign country, an agency or authority of a foreign country or a public international organisation in relation to Immigration and Border Protection information disclosed to it under subsection (1) or (2).
(g) a purpose relating to matters covered by the Customs Act 1901, the Migration Act 1958, the Maritime Powers Act 2013, the Australian Citizenship Act 2007, the Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Act 1946, the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 or the Biosecurity Act 2015;
(na) a purpose relating to the inter‑country adoption of a child;
An entrusted person may disclose Immigration and Border Protection information that relates to the affairs of a person or body if:
An entrusted person may disclose Immigration and Border Protection information if:
An entrusted person may disclose Immigration and Border Protection information if it has already been lawfully made available to the public.
(a) the making of a record, in accordance with section 43, of Immigration and Border Protection information, to the extent that the Immigration and Border Protection information contains personal information, is taken to be a use that is authorised by this Act; and
(b) the disclosure, in accordance with section 43, 44, 45, 47, 48 or 49, of Immigration and Border Protection information, to the extent that the Immigration and Border Protection information contains personal information, is taken to be a disclosure that is authorised by this Act.
(1) The Comptroller‑General of Customs may, by writing, delegate any of his or her functions or powers under a law of the Commonwealth (other than section 179 of the Customs Act 1901) to:
(a) would, apart from this section, have an application (an invalid application) in relation to:
Sch 8 (item 1): 16 June 2016 (s 2(1) item 3)
Sch 9: 1 July 2015 (s 2(1) item 7)
Sch 1 (item 6): 1 July 2015 (s 2(1) item 3)
Sch 1 (items 1–25): 1 July 2015 (s 2(1) item 2)
Sch 1 (items 27–31): 31 Oct 2017 (s 2(1) item 3)
Sch 1 (items 24, 25)
am No 41, 2015; No 115, 2017
ad No 115, 2017
am No 73, 2015