SOCIAL SECURITY (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1999 - SECT 208 Disclosure of information by Secretary

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Disclosure of information by Secretary

(a): if the Secretary certifies that it is necessary in the public interest to do so in a particular case or class of cases—disclose information acquired by an officer in the performance of his or her functions or duties or in the exercise of his or her powers under the social security law, the Child Care Payments Act 1997 or the Farm Household Support Act 1992 to such persons and for such purposes as the Secretary determines; or
(b): disclose any such information:

(i): to the Secretary of a Department of State of the Commonwealth or to the head of an authority of the Commonwealth for the purposes of that Department or authority; or
(ii): to a person who is expressly or impliedly authorised by the person to whom the information relates to obtain it; or
(iii): to a competent authority or competent institution of a foreign country that is a party to a scheduled international social security agreement for any purpose relating to giving effect to that agreement.

(2): In giving certificates for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), the Secretary must act in accordance with guidelines from time to time in force under section 209.
(3): In disclosing information under subparagraph (1)(b)(i), the Secretary must act in accordance with guidelines from time to time in force under section 209.
(4): If an expression used in subsection (1) in relation to a foreign country is defined in a scheduled international social security agreement to which that country is a party, the expression has the same meaning, when used in this section, in relation to that country as it has in the agreement.

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