Commonwealth Registers Act 2020

A person is not liable to any proceedings for contravening a secrecy provision in respect of a recording or disclosure authorised by subsection 17(3), unless the secrecy provision is a designated secrecy provision.

A secrecy provision is a provision that:

is a provision of a law of the Commonwealth (other than this Act); and

prohibits or regulates the use or disclosure of information.

A designated secrecy provision is any of the following:

sections 18 to 18B, 92 and 92A of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979;

section 34 of the Inspector‑General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986;

sections 39 to 41 of the Intelligence Services Act 2001;

section 8WB of the Taxation Administration Act 1953;

a provision of a law of the Commonwealth prescribed by the rules for the purposes of this paragraph;

a provision of a law of the Commonwealth of a kind prescribed by the rules for the purposes of this paragraph.