Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Secretary may communicate scheme information, for a purpose specified in an item in column 1 of the table, to a person specified for that purpose in column 2 of the table.
Authorisation for Secretary to communicate scheme information | ||
Item | Column 1
| Column 2 |
1 | an enforcement related activity of an enforcement body within the meaning of the Privacy Act 1988 | the enforcement body |
2 | the protection of public revenue | any of the following that has functions in relation to the purpose: (a) a Department, agency or authority of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; (b) an Australian police force |
3 | the protection of security within the meaning of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 | any of the following that has functions in relation to the purpose: (a) a Department, agency or authority of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; (b) an Australian police force |
4 | ||
(2) The Minister must consult the Information Commissioner before making rules for the purposes of item 4 of the table in subsection (1).
(3) The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security must:
(a) review rules made for the purposes of item 4 of the table in subsection (1) as soon as possible after the rules are made; and
(b) report the Committee's comments and recommendations to each House of the Parliament before the end of the applicable disallowance period for that House.
(4) If the Committee's report on a review of the rules is tabled in a House of the Parliament:
(a) during the applicable disallowance period for that House; and
(b) on or after the eighth sitting day of the applicable disallowance period;
then Part 2 of Chapter 3 of the Legislation Act 2003 has effect, in relation to the rules and that House, as if each period of 15 sitting days referred to in that Part were extended in accordance with the following table.
Extension of applicable disallowance period | ||
Item | If the Committee's report is tabled in that House ... | extend the period of 15 sitting days by ... |
1 | on the fifteenth sitting day of the applicable disallowance period | 8 sitting days of that House |
2 | on the fourteenth sitting day of the applicable disallowance period | 7 sitting days of that House |
3 | on the thirteenth sitting day of the applicable disallowance period | 6 sitting days of that House |
4 | on the twelfth sitting day of the applicable disallowance period | 5 sitting days of that House |
5 | on the eleventh sitting day of the applicable disallowance period | 4 sitting days of that House |
6 | on the tenth sitting day of the applicable disallowance period | 3 sitting days of that House |
7 | on the ninth sitting day of the applicable disallowance period | 2 sitting days of that House |
8 | on the eighth sitting day of the applicable disallowance period | 1 sitting day of that House |
(5) The applicable disallowance period for a House of the Parliament means the period of 15 sitting days of that House after the rules, or a copy of the rules, was laid before that House in accordance with section 38 of the Legislation Act 2003 .