Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING REGULATOR ACT 2011 - SECT 210

  (1)   The National VET Regulator may, by notice in writing, request:

  (a)   a Commonwealth authority; or

  (b)   a State or Territory authority; or

  (c)   a person who holds any office or appointment under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or Territory; or

  (d)   another VET Regulator; or

  (e)   an occupational licensing body or other industry body (other than one covered by paragraph   (b)) that deals with, or has an interest in, matters relating to vocational education and training;

to disclose to the National VET Regulator information specified in the request.

  (2)   For the purposes of:

  (a)   paragraph   6.2(b) of Australian Privacy Principle   6; and

  (c)   a provision of a law of a State or Territory that provides that information that is personal may be disclosed if the disclosure is authorised by law;

the disclosure of personal information by a person in response to a request under this section is taken to be a disclosure that is authorised by this Act.

  (3)   A person or body mentioned in paragraph   (1)(b), (c) or (d) must disclose information requested under this section even if, despite subsection   (2), disclosure would otherwise be prevented by a law of a State or Territory.