Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00140:clause:1_10:p11
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00140
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 10 (pt 11/31)
Character Range: 542286–545047

of the Australian Postal Corporation;
 (g) an employee of a person who performs services for or on behalf of the Australian Postal Corporation.
 (3) A person is an officer of a higher education provider if the person is:
 (a) an officer or employee of the provider; or
 (b) a person who, although not an officer or employee of the provider, performs services for or on behalf of the provider.
 (3AA) A person is an officer of a registered higher education provider if the person is:
 (a) an officer or employee of the provider; or
 (b) a person who, although not an officer or employee of the provider, performs services for or on behalf of the provider.
 (3A) A person is an officer of Open Universities Australia if the person is:
 (a) an officer or employee of *Open Universities Australia; or
 (b) a person who, although not an officer or employee of Open Universities Australia, performs services for or on behalf of Open Universities Australia.
 (3B) A person is an officer of a Tertiary Admission Centre if the person is:
 (a) an officer or employee of the *Tertiary Admission Centre; or
 (b) a person who, although not an officer or employee of the Tertiary Admission Centre, performs services for or on behalf of the Tertiary Admission Centre.

Meaning of official employment
 (4) Official employment of an *officer is:
 (a) for a *Commonwealth officer—the performance of duties or functions, or the exercise of powers under, or for the purposes of:
 (i) this Act; or
 (ii) the Higher Education Support (HELP Tuition Protection Levy) Act 2020; or
 (iii) the Higher Education (Up‑front Payments Tuition Protection Levy) Act 2020; or
 (iv) the *TEQSA Act; or
 (v) the VET Student Loans Act 2016; or
 (b) for an *officer of a higher education provider—service as such an officer; or
 (ba) for an *officer of a registered higher education provider—service as such an officer; or
 (c) for an *officer of Open Universities Australia—service as such an officer; or
 (d) for an *officer of a Tertiary Admission Centre—service as such an officer.

179‑20  When information is disclosed in the course of official employment
  Without limiting the matters that are disclosures that occur in the course of an *officer's *official employment for the purposes of paragraph 179‑10(d), the following disclosures are taken to be disclosures that occur in the course of an officer's official employment:
 (a) disclosure by a *Commonwealth officer of *personal information to another Commonwealth officer to assist that other officer in the other officer's official employment;
 (aa) disclosure by a Commonwealth officer of personal information to a person in connection with the provision of actuarial services for the purposes of assisting the officer to perform duties