Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SECURITY OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ACT 2018 - SECT 43AA

  (1)   The Secretary, or an authorised APS employee, may:

  (a)   disclose protected information to an Ombudsman official for the purposes of exercising powers, or performing duties or functions, as an Ombudsman official; and

  (b)   make a record of or use protected information for the purpose of that disclosure.

Note:   This section is an authorisation for the purposes of other laws, including the Australian Privacy Principles.

  (2)   An authorised APS employee may disclose protected information under this section, and make a record of or use protected information for the purpose of that disclosure, only if doing so is in accordance with an authorisation under section   44A.