After regulation 4 of the Principal Regulations , the following regulation is inserted:

5.     Protection of confidential information

For section 40(4)(d) of the Act, protected information may be disclosed to a State Service officer or State Service employee employed in the Department unless that information is likely to identify a particular applicant for a first home owner grant.

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953 .

Notified in the Gazette on 24 May 2006

These regulations are administered in the Department of Treasury and Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the First Home Owner Grant Regulations 2000 by authorising protected information to be disclosed to persons employed in the Department of Treasury and Finance unless that information is likely to identify a particular applicant for a first home owner grant.