(1) TEQSA may disclose the kinds of higher education information referred to in subsection (2) to:
(a) a person who holds any office or appointment under a law of the Commonwealth, or under a law of a State or Territory; or
(b) a member, or special member, of the Australian Federal Police (within the meaning of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 ); or
(c) a member of the police force, or police service, of a State or Territory; or
(d) an employee:
(i) of a Commonwealth authority or of a State or Territory authority; and
(ii) of a kind specified in the Information Guidelines for the purposes of this section; or
(e) in the case of a registered provider (within the meaning of the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 )--the Fund Manager, or the operator of an applicable tuition assurance scheme, within the meaning of that Act; or
(f) a regulatory authority of another country that has responsibility relating to the quality or regulation of higher education.
(2) The kinds of higher education information are as follows:
(a) information that relates to an offence, or possible offence, against this Act, this Act's associated provisions or the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 ;
(b) information that relates to a contravention, or possible contravention, of:
(i) this Act; or
(ii) the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 ; or
(iii) the Higher Education Support Act 2003 ; or
(iv) legislative instruments made under any of those Acts.