Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01237:clause:1_336d
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01237
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 336D
Character Range: 64252–65825

336D  Authorising access to identifying information

 (1) The Secretary may, in writing, authorise a specified person, or any person included in a specified class of persons, to access identifying information of the kind specified in the authorisation.

 (2) The Secretary must specify in an authorisation under this section, as the purpose or purposes for which access is authorised, one or more of the following purposes:
 (a) one or more of the purposes set out in subsection 5A(3);
 (b) disclosing identifying information in accordance with this Part;
 (c) administering or managing the storage of identifying information;
 (d) making identifying information available to the person to whom it relates;
 (e) modifying identifying information to enable it to be matched with other identifying information;
 (f) modifying identifying information in order to correct errors or ensure compliance with appropriate standards;
 (g) making decisions under this Act or the regulations, or under the Australian Citizenship Act 1948 or the regulations made under that Act;
 (h) complying with laws of the Commonwealth or the States or Territories.

 (3) However, the Secretary must not specify as a purpose for which access is authorised a purpose that will include or involve the purpose of:
 (a) investigating an offence against a law of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory; or
 (b) prosecuting a person for such an offence;
if the identifying information in question relates to a personal identifier of a prescribed type.

Division 3—Disclosing identifying information