Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00140:clause:1_10:p14
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Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 10 (pt 14/31)
Character Range: 550032–553026

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179‑35  Unauthorised access to, or modification of, personal information
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person causes any unauthorised access to, or modification of, *personal information that is:
 (i) held in a computer; and
 (ii) to which access is restricted by an access control system associated with a function of the computer; and
 (b) the person intends to cause the access or modification; and
 (c) the person knows that the access or modification is unauthorised; and
 (d) one or more of the following apply:
 (i) the personal information is held in a computer of a higher education provider;
 (ii) the personal information is held on behalf of a provider;
 (iii) the personal information is held in a computer of *Open Universities Australia;
 (iv) the personal information is held on behalf of Open Universities Australia;
 (v) the personal information is held on a computer of a *Tertiary Admission Centre;
 (vi) the personal information is held on behalf of a Tertiary Admission Centre.
Penalty: 2 years imprisonment.
 (2) Absolute liability applies to paragraph (1)(d).

179‑40  Officer may use information
  An *officer may use *personal information in the course of the officer's *official employment.

179‑45  This Division does not limit disclosure or use of information
  This Division does not limit the disclosure or use of *personal information.
Note: The disclosure or use of personal information may also be authorised in other circumstances. For example, see Division 180 and the Privacy Act 1988.

Division 180—Disclosure or use of Higher Education Support Act information

180‑1  What this Division is about
      This Division authorises the disclosure and use of Higher Education Support Act information for certain purposes.

180‑5  Meaning of Higher Education Support Act information
 (1) Higher Education Support Act information means:
 (a) *personal information; and
 (b) *VET personal information; and
 (c) information obtained or created by a *Commonwealth officer as a result of a survey of the kind referred to in section 180‑30; and
 (d) any other information obtained or created by a Commonwealth officer for the purposes of this Act or for the purposes referred to in subsection 180‑28(5).
 (2) However, *Australia's Economic Accelerator program information is not Higher Education Support Act information.
Note: See Division 181 for *Australia's Economic Accelerator program information.

180‑10  Disclosure and use by Commonwealth officers
 (1) A *Commonwealth officer may disclose *Higher Education Support Act information to another Commonwealth officer to assist that other officer in the other officer's *official employment (within the meaning of section 179‑15).
 (2) A *Commonwealth officer may use *Higher Education Support Act information in the course of the officer's *official employment (within the meaning of section 179‑15).

180‑15  Disclosure of information to TEQSA
  The *Secretary may disclose *Higher