Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2012A00156:clause:3_2:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2012A00156
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 2 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 6101–9040

2  Division 180
Repeal the Division, substitute:

Division 180—Other rules about information

180‑1  What this Division is about
      This Division authorises the disclosure and use of Higher Education Support Act information for certain purposes.

180‑5  Meaning of Higher Education Support Act information
Higher Education Support Act information means:
 (a) *personal information; and
 (b) *VET personal information; and
 (c) information obtained or created by a *Commonwealth officer as a result of a survey of the kind referred to in section 180‑30; and
 (d) any other information obtained or created by a Commonwealth officer for the purposes of this Act.

180‑10  Disclosure and use by Commonwealth officers
 (1) A *Commonwealth officer may disclose *Higher Education Support Act information to another Commonwealth officer to assist that other officer in the other officer's *official employment (within the meaning of section 179‑15).
 (2) A *Commonwealth officer may use *Higher Education Support Act information in the course of the officer's *official employment (within the meaning of section 179‑15).

180‑15  Disclosure of information to TEQSA
  The *Secretary may disclose *Higher Education Support Act information to:
 (a) *TEQSA; or
 (b) a member of the staff of TEQSA (within the meaning of the *TEQSA Act);
for the performance of duties or functions, or the exercise of powers, under, or for the purposes of, that Act.

180‑20  Disclosure of information to the National VET Regulator
  The *Secretary may disclose *Higher Education Support Act information to:
 (a) the *National VET Regulator; or
 (b) a member of the staff of the Regulator (within the meaning of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011);
for the performance of duties or functions, or the exercise of powers, under, or for the purposes of, that Act.

180‑25  Disclosure of information to other bodies

Disclosure
 (1) The *Secretary may disclose *Higher Education Support Act information to a person referred to in subsection (3) for any of the following purposes (a permitted purpose):
 (a) improving the provision of higher education or vocational education and training;
 (b) research relating to the provision of higher education or vocational education and training, including research relating to:
 (i) quality assurance; or
 (ii) planning the provision of higher education or vocational education and training.
 (2) However, if the information was provided by a higher education provider or a *VET provider, then the *Secretary may only disclose the information under subsection (1) to a person referred to in paragraph (3)(b), (c) or (d) if the provider consents to that disclosure.

Persons to which information may be disclosed
 (3) For the purposes of subsection (1), the persons are the following:
 (a) a person (an officer) who is employed or engaged by a State or Territory agency;
 (b) an *officer of a higher