Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L00941:clause:1_12
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L00941
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 12
Character Range: 7968–9595

12  Researchers
 (1) A research authorisation is subject to a condition requiring the holder of the authorisation to make contractual arrangements to ensure that any contractor to whom the holder discloses protected information neither uses nor discloses the information except for a purpose covered by subparagraph 285(1A)(c)(iv) of the Act.
 (2) A research authorisation is subject to a condition requiring the holder of the authorisation to ensure that any database that the holder produces using protected information:
 (a) does not enable a person who only knows the public number of an end-user of a carriage service to readily identify the end-user's name and/or address; and
 (b) subject to subsection (3), does not enable a person who only knows the whole or a part of the address of an end-user of a carriage service to readily identify the end-user's name and/or public number.
 (3) The holder of a research authorisation may produce a database of a kind mentioned in subsection (2) that enables a person to search by postcode to find a list of public numbers, and the customer data associated with those numbers, from within the postcode.
 (4) A research authorisation is subject to a condition requiring the holder of the authorisation to use only the directory finding name, directory address and public number fields of the integrated public number database to contact customers.
 (5) A research authorisation is subject to a condition prohibiting the holder of the authorisation from selling or providing customer data to any person for any purpose unless this is authorised or required by or under law.