Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00079:section:56:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00079
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 56 (pt 1/9)
Character Range: 64895–67582

56  Secrecy—general obligations
 (1) In this section:
body regulated by APRA includes a body that has at any time been a body regulated by APRA.
court includes a tribunal, authority or person having the power to require the production of documents or the answering of questions.
Financial Regulator Assessment Authority official means an entrusted person within the meaning of the Financial Regulator Assessment Authority Act 2021.
financial sector entity has the same meaning as in the Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001.
officer means:
 (a) an APRA member; or
 (b) an APRA staff member; or
 (c) any other person who, because of his or her employment, or in the course of that employment:
 (i) has acquired protected information; or
 (ii) has had access to protected documents;
  other than an employee of the body to which the information or document relates.
personal information has the same meaning as in the Privacy Act 1988.
produce includes permit access to.
protected document means a document given or produced (whether before or after the commencement of this section) under, or for the purposes of, a prudential regulation framework law and containing information relating to the affairs of:
 (a) a financial sector entity; or
 (b) a body corporate (including a body corporate that has ceased to exist) that has at any time been, or is, related (within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001) to a body regulated by APRA or to a registered entity; or
 (c) a person who has been, is, or proposes to be, a customer of a body regulated by APRA or of a registered entity; or
 (ca) a person in relation to whom information is, or was, required to be given under a reporting standard made in accordance with subsection 13(4A) or (4D) of the Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001; or
 (cc) a person in relation to whom information is, or was, required to be given under the Financial Accountability Regime Act 2023;
other than:
 (d) a document containing information that has already been lawfully made available to the public from other sources; or
 (da) a document given or produced to ASIC under, or for the purposes of, a provision of the Financial Accountability Regime Act 2023, other than a document given or produced to ASIC by APRA; or
 (e) a document given or produced under, or for the purposes of, a provision of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993:
 (i) administered by the Commissioner of Taxation; or
 (ii) being applied for the purposes of the administration of a provision administered by the Commissioner of Taxation.
It also includes a document that is given to APRA under Part 7.5A of the Corporations Act 2001, other than a