Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 140ZH

Personal information about approved work sponsors etc.

  (1)   The Minister may disclose personal information of a prescribed kind about a person mentioned in column 2 of an item of the following table to a person or body mentioned in column 3 of the item:

 

Disclosure of personal information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item	If the personal information is about ...	then, the Minister may disclose that personal information to the following ...
1	a person who is a holder of, or former holder of, a visa of a prescribed kind (however described)	(a) an approved work sponsor of the person; (b) a former approved work sponsor of the person; (c) an agency of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory, prescribed by the regulations
2	an approved work sponsor of, or former approved work sponsor of, a person mentioned in item   1 of this table	(a) the person; (b) an agency of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory, prescribed by the regulations

Personal information about approved family sponsors etc.

  (1A)   The Minister may disclose personal information of a prescribed kind about a person mentioned in column 2 of an item of the following table to a person or body mentioned in column 3 of the item:

 

Disclosure of personal information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item	If the personal information is about ...	then, the Minister may disclose that personal information to the following ...
1	a person who proposes to apply for a visa of a prescribed kind (however described)	(a) an applicant for approval as a family sponsor in relation to the person; (b) an approved family sponsor of the person; (c) an agency of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory, prescribed by the regulations
2	a person who is an applicant for, or a holder or former holder of, a visa of a prescribed kind (however described)	(a) an approved family sponsor of the person; (b) an agency of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory, prescribed by the regulations
3	an applicant for approval as a family sponsor	(a) a person who proposes to apply for a visa if the applicant is approved as a family sponsor; (b) an agency of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory, prescribed by the regulations
4	an approved family sponsor of a person mentioned in item   1 or 2 of this table	(a) the person; (b) an agency of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory, prescribed by the regulations
5	a former approved family sponsor of a person who is an applicant for, or a holder of, a visa of a prescribed kind (however described)	(a) the person; (b) an agency of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory, prescribed by the regulations

Regulations may prescribe circumstances for disclosure etc.

  (2)   The regulations may prescribe circumstances in which the Minister may disclose the personal information under subsection   (1) or (1A).

  (3)   The regulations may prescribe circumstances in which the recipient may use or disclose the personal information disclosed under subsection   (1) or (1A).

Notice of disclosure

  (4)   If the Minister discloses personal information under subsection   (1) or (1A) (other than to an agency of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory prescribed by the regulations), the Minister must give written notice to the person about whom the information is disclosed of:

  (a)   the disclosure; and

  (b)   the details of the personal information disclosed.

Note:   The Minister may also publish personal information relating to actions taken under section   140K (sanctions for failing to satisfy sponsorship obligations) (see subsection   140K(4)).