Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00299:clause:1_124pod
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00299
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 124POD
Character Range: 40277–41895

124POD  Disclosure of information—officer or employee of recognised State/Territory authority of Northern Territory
 (1) Despite any law (whether written or unwritten) in force in the Northern Territory, an officer or employee of a recognised State/Territory authority of the Northern Territory may give the Secretary information about a person if:
 (a) either:
 (i) the person is a program participant under subsection 124PGE(2); or
 (ii) the officer or employee is considering whether to give a notice of the kind referred to in paragraph 124PGE(2)(d) in relation to the person; and
 (b) the disclosed information is relevant to the operation of this Part.
 (2) If information about a person is disclosed as mentioned in subsection (1), the Secretary may disclose information about the person to an officer or employee of the recognised State/Territory authority for the purposes of the performance of the functions and duties, or the exercise of the powers, of the officer or employee.
 (3) If:
 (a) a person ceases to be a program participant under subsection 124PGE(2) because of the cancellation of a category P welfare payment of the person or the person's partner; and
 (b) immediately before the cancellation, the relevant notice referred to in paragraph 124PGE(2)(d) had not been withdrawn or revoked; and
 (c) the notice was given by an officer or employee of a recognised State/Territory authority of the Northern Territory;
then, as soon as practicable after the cancellation, the Secretary must give an officer or employee of the recognised State/Territory authority written notice of the cancellation.