Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00015:section:581
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00015
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 581
Character Range: 929186–930480

581  Protection from liability etc.

Authorised use or disclosure not an offence under other laws
 (1) Subject to subsection (2), a person does not commit an offence, and is not liable to any penalty, under any other enactment of the Commonwealth, or any enactment of a State or Territory, as a result of the person using or disclosing relevant information in accordance with section 582 or 590G.
 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to provisions of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 and the Intelligence Services Act 2001.

Authorised use or disclosure does not result in liability for civil proceedings
 (3) A person is not liable to civil proceedings for loss, damage or injury of any kind suffered by another person as a result of the person using or disclosing relevant information in accordance with Division 3.

Authorised use or disclosure does not contravene medical or other professional standards
 (4) A person does not contravene medical standards, or any other relevant professional standards, as a result of the person using or disclosing relevant information in accordance with Division 3.

Division 3—Authorised uses and disclosures of relevant information

Subdivision A—Authorised uses and disclosures by entrusted person or other persons