Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00613:section:97
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00613
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 97
Character Range: 222691–224510

97  Additional authorisation—disclosing etc. for a permitted purpose

Disclosure, use etc. by a government official
 (1) If protected information is disclosed to a government institution, then an employee or officer of the institution (the government official) may:
 (a) obtain the information; or
 (b) make a record of the information; or
 (c) disclose the information to a person; or
 (d) use the information;
if:
 (e) the government official does so for any of the following purposes (a permitted purpose):
 (i) the enforcement of the criminal law;
 (ii) the safety or wellbeing of children;
 (iii) investigatory, disciplinary or employment processes related to the safety or wellbeing of children;
 (iv) a purpose prescribed by the rules; and
 (f) the government official does so in the official's capacity as an employee or officer of the government institution; and
 (g) a law of the Commonwealth (other than this Part), or of a State or a Territory, does not prohibit the government official from doing so.

Disclosure by a person to a government institution
 (2) If:
 (a) a person is satisfied that disclosure of protected information is reasonably necessary for a permitted purpose; and
 (b) a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory requires or permits the person to disclose the information to a government institution that has functions that relate to the permitted purpose;
then the person may disclose the information to the government institution for that purpose.
 (3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the person is:
 (a) an officer of the scheme; or
 (b) an employee or officer of a government institution.

Officers of government institutions
 (4) The rules may prescribe that specified persons are officers of a government institution for the purposes of subsection (1) or paragraph (3)(b).