Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828:section:715
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 715
Character Range: 1883862–1885035

715  Protection of confidentiality of information obtained by a recipient Minister
 (1) This section restricts what a recipient Minister may do with documentary information made available to the recipient Minister under section 714.
 (2) The recipient Minister must not:
 (a) make the information publicly known; or
 (b) make the information available to a person (other than a Minister, a Minister of a State or a Minister of the Northern Territory);
unless the recipient Minister does so:
 (c) in accordance with regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph; or
 (d) for the purposes of the administration of this Act or the regulations.
 (3) If the recipient Minister makes the information available to a person (the second recipient Minister) who is a Minister, a Minister of a State or a Minister of the Northern Territory, the second recipient Minister must not:
 (a) make the information publicly known; or
 (b) make the information available to a person;
unless the second recipient Minister does so:
 (c) in accordance with regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph; or
 (d) for the purposes of the administration of this Act or the regulations.