Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00851:section:150:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00851
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 150 (pt 4/5)
Character Range: 432844–435594

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 (e) to brief a relevant Minister about an instance of an anomalous or unusual operation of this Act.
 (4D) A communication of protected information is for the purpose of this subsection if:
 (a) the information is about a missing person; and
 (b) the communication is necessary:
 (i) to assist a court, coronial enquiry, Royal Commission, department or authority, of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory, in relation to the whereabouts of the missing person; or
 (ii) to locate a person (including the missing person); and
 (c) there is no reasonable ground to believe that the missing person would not want the information communicated.
 (4E) A communication of protected information is for the purpose of this subsection if:
 (a) the information is about a deceased person; and
 (b) the communication:
 (i) is necessary to assist a court, coronial enquiry, Royal Commission, department or authority, of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory, in relation to the death of the person; or
 (ii) is necessary to help a person locate a relative or beneficiary of the deceased person; or
 (iii) is in relation to the administration of the estate of the deceased person; and
 (c) there is no reasonable ground to believe that the deceased person would not have wanted the information communicated.
 (4F) A communication of protected information is for the purpose of this subsection if the information is to establish:
 (a) the death of a person; or
 (b) the place where the death of a person is registered.
 (4G) Subsection (2) does not prevent the Registrar, or a person authorised by the Registrar, from communicating any protected information to a person if:
 (a) the person to whom the information will be communicated is a payee of a registered maintenance liability or carer liability who has notified the Registrar, in accordance with section 113A of the Registration and Collection Act, of the payee's intention to institute a proceeding in accordance with that section; and
 (b) the information is communicated for the purpose of the proceeding.
 (5) A person to whom this section applies is not required:
 (a) to communicate protected information to a court; or
 (b) to produce a protected document in court;
except where it is necessary to do so for the purposes of this Act.
 (5A) Subsections (2) and (5) apply to information communicated under paragraph (3)(d) or (e) as if the purposes referred to in those paragraphs were purposes of this Act.
 (6) Nothing in an Act of which the Commissioner has the general administration is to be taken to prohibit the Commissioner, a Second Commissioner, a Deputy Commissioner, or a person authorised by the Commissioner, a Second Commissioner or a Deputy Commissioner, from communicating any