Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00174:section:7:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00174
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 7 (pt 3/4)
Character Range: 52942–55649

a document given to, or received by, a body listed in subsection (2AAA) in connection with the performance of the body's functions;
 (b) a document brought into existence by a body listed in subsection (2AAA).
 (2DD) A Minister and an agency are not exempt under paragraph (2DC)(a) from the operation of this Act in relation to documents created other than in connection with the performance of the functions of a body listed in subsection (2AAA) to which a right of access otherwise exists or existed under this Act.
 (2E) A Minister and an agency are exempt from the operation of this Act in relation to the following documents:
 (a) a document that has originated with, or has been received from, a Royal Commission to which Part 4 of the Royal Commissions Act 1902 applies and:
 (i) that contains information obtained at a private session for the Commission; or
 (ii) that relates to a private session for the Commission and identifies a natural person who appeared at a private session for the Commission; or
 (iii) that contains information that was given by a natural person to a member, or member of the staff, of the Commission for the purposes of a private session (whether or not a private session was, or is to be, held for the Commission) and identifies the person who gave the information; or
 (iv) that contains information to which section 6ON of that Act (which deals with certain information given to the Child Sexual Abuse Royal Commission) applies; or
 (v) that contains information to which section 6OP of that Act (which deals with certain information given to the Disability Royal Commission) applies; or
 (vi) that contains information to which section 6OQ of that Act (which deals with certain information given to the Defence and Veteran Suicide Royal Commission) applies;
 (b) a document that contains a summary of, or an extract or information from, a private session.
 (2F) An agency that is a data scheme entity within the meaning of the Data Availability and Transparency Act 2022 is exempt from the operation of this Act in relation to a document that contains scheme data within the meaning of that Act, to the extent the document contains such data.
 (2G) A Minister and an agency are exempt from the operation of this Act in relation to the following documents:
 (a) a document (an AUSTRAC intelligence document) that has originated with, or has been received from, the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) and that concerns information that was communicated to AUSTRAC:
 (i) under section 16 of the repealed Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988; or
 (ii) under section 41 of the Anti‑Money Laundering and Counter‑Terrorism Financing Act 2006; or