(1) This section applies to information, including e - monitoring data and personal information, of the kind referred to in paragraph 168(2)(v) of the Act.
(2) AFMA may disclose the information:
(a) to a government entity if AFMA is satisfied that the information relates to the performance of a function of the entity; or
(b) to a person conducting research if AFMA is satisfied that the research is related to, or will support, AFMA's functions or objectives; or
(c) in the case of data collected from a vessel monitoring system fitted to a boat that has been nominated for a fishing concession, e - monitoring data or information collected from the holder of a fishing concession (and without limiting paragraph (a) or (b))--to a person who:
(i) was the holder of the fishing concession at the time to which the data or information relates; or
(ii) has been nominated by a person described in subparagraph (i); or
(d) in the case of information relating to the disposal of fish by the holder of a fish receiver permit--to the person who was the holder of the permit when the fish were disposed of.
(3) In this section:
"government entity" means:
(a) the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or
(b) an agency or authority of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory; or
(c) a foreign country or part of a foreign country.