Australian Centre for Disease Control Act 2025

This Part contains provisions about how the Centre and other entities may collect, use and disclose information.

Division 2 contains 2 main kinds of information‑gathering powers.

First, the Director‑General may request information from other entities, and enter into agreements for other entities to give information. Compliance with a request or agreement is voluntary. An entity may comply with a request or agreement despite any other law, other than designated secrecy laws.

Second, the Director‑General may direct persons to give information. A recipient of a direction must comply with the direction, and may be liable for a civil penalty if they do not. As with requests and agreements, other laws do not prevent compliance with a direction (except for designated secrecy laws). The Director‑General must cause a register of directions to be published on the Centre’s website.

Division 3 contains various authorisations for the Director‑General and other people to collect, use and disclose information.

Division 4 prohibits the unauthorised use or disclosure of protected information.

Division 5 contains miscellaneous provisions, including a provision protecting people from liability for collecting, using or disclosing information in accordance with this Part.