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or Commonwealth company within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.

    Registrar means the Commonwealth body appointed under:

         (a)               section 1270 of the Corporations Act 2001; and

         (b)               section 6 of the Commonwealth Registers Act 2020 and referred to as the Commonwealth Registrar under section 694-120 of the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006.

    taskforce officer has the meaning given by subsection 355-70(11) of Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953.

5.                  Disclosure of director ID information to other government bodies
         (1) The following disclosures of protected information are permitted by this instrument and are therefore authorised by paragraph 1270L(3)(f) of the Corporations Act 2001 and paragraph 17(3)(e) of the Commonwealth Registers Act 2020:

             (a) The disclosure of director ID information to a person for use, in the course of the performance of duties of the person's official employment, in relation to the performance or exercise of the functions or powers of a PGPA body.

             (b) Subject to section 1270Q of the Corporations Act 2001 and section 21 of the Commonwealth Registers Act 2020, the disclosure of director ID information to a court or tribunal.

             (c) The disclosure of director ID information to a person who is an employee of a State or Territory (including a local government body) for the use, in the course of performance of duties of that employment, in relation to the performance or exercise of the functions or powers in relation to a government entity.

             (d) The disclosure of director ID information to a taskforce officer for or in connection with a purpose of a multi-agency taskforce.

         (2) The disclosure of director ID information under paragraphs 5(1)(a) to (d) of this instrument will not require payment of a fee and will generally be provided electronically.

         (3) This instrument applies to persons who, but for paragraph 1270L(3)(f) of the Corporations Act 2001 and paragraph 17(3)(e) of the Commonwealth Registers Act 2020 and the operation of the instrument, would commit an offence under subsection 1270L(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 and subsection 17(1) of the Commonwealth Registers Act 2020.

         (4) The disclosure of director ID information in accordance with this instrument is permitted, however, nothing in this instrument requires the disclosure of director ID information.

6.                  Other matters
    Individuals making an application under subsection 1270N(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 or subsection 19(1) of the Commonwealth Registers Act 2020 to not disclose director ID information that may be disclosed to other government bodies under this instrument, must provide information to demonstrate how the detrimental consequence to the individual of disclosure outweighs the benefit of the disclosure to other government bodies to perform their functions.

7.                  Repeals
    This instrument repeals Corporations