Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00418:section:22:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00418
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 22 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 21601–24278

22  Authorised dealings with protected information

Uploading personal information etc. to the AI register
 (1) A person may collect, make a record of, disclose or otherwise use:
 (a) personal information; or
 (b) relevant identifying information; or
 (c) information that is commercial‑in‑confidence;
if the person does so for the purposes of including the information in the AI register.
Note: This subsection is an authorisation for the purposes of other laws, including the Australian Privacy Principles.

Using or disclosing protected information in the AI register
 (2) A person may make a record of, disclose or otherwise use protected information if:
 (a) the person does so for the purposes of the AI register, and the person is:
 (i) an officer or employee of the Commonwealth or of an authority of the Commonwealth; or
 (ii) engaged by the Commonwealth, or by an authority of the Commonwealth, to perform work relating to the purposes of the AI register; or
 (iii) an officer or employee of, or is engaged by, a person referred to in subparagraph (ii) to perform work relating to the purposes of the AI register; or
 (iv) a prescribed body; or
 (v) a recognised vaccination provider; or
 (b) the person is authorised to do so under subsection (3); or
 (c) the person does so for the purposes of performing the person's functions, or exercising the person's powers, under this Act; or
 (ca) the person does so for the purposes of including information in the register kept under Part 2 of the National Cancer Screening Register Act 2016; or
 (d) the person is required or authorised to do so by or under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory; or
 (e) the person does so for the purposes of court or tribunal proceedings, or in accordance with an order of a court or tribunal; or
 (f) the person does so for the purposes of a coronial inquiry, or in accordance with an order of a coroner.
Note 1: This subsection is an authorisation for the purposes of other laws, including the Australian Privacy Principles.
Note 2: Protected information is not limited to information in the register (see section 4). It can also cover information that:
(a) is obtained as the result of a disclosure from the register, whether directly or indirectly because of one or more on‑disclosures; or
(b) is derived from information that was in the register.
 (3) The Minister may, in writing, authorise a person to make a record of, disclose or otherwise use protected information for a specified purpose that the Minister is satisfied is in the public interest.
 (4) Paragraph (2)(a) does not apply to personal information to the extent that a disclosure under that paragraph