Commonwealth Numbered Acts

NATIONAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING REGULATOR ACT 2011 (NO. 12, 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 1(d) of Information Privacy Principle 11 in section 14 of the Privacy Act 1988 ; and

                     (b)  paragraph 2.1(g) of National Privacy Principle 2 in Schedule 3 to the Privacy Act 1988 ; 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 law.

             (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.