Use and disclosure of certain information for enforcement purposes
45 Use and disclosure of certain information for enforcement purposes
A person may disclose workplace protection order information to an enforcement body if the person reasonably believes that the disclosure is reasonably necessary for, or directly related to, one or more enforcement related activities being conducted by, or on behalf of, that enforcement body.
An enforcement body to which information is disclosed under subsection (1) may use or disclose the information for the purposes of one or more enforcement related activities being conducted by, or on behalf of, that enforcement body.
In this section:
enforcement body means:
the Australian Federal Police; or
the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, or a similar body established under a law of a State or Territory; or
a police force or service of a State or Territory.
enforcement related activity means:
the prevention, detection, investigation, prosecution or punishment of:
criminal offences; or
breaches of a law imposing a penalty or sanction; or
the preparation for, conduct of, or implementation of an order, direction or other instrument made in, proceedings before any court relating to a matter mentioned in paragraph (a).
workplace protection order information means information the disclosure of which could reveal, or enable a person to ascertain, the existence of, or a fact relating to the content of:
a Commonwealth workplace protection order; or
an application to make, vary or revoke a Commonwealth workplace protection order.
This section constitutes an authorisation for the purposes of the Privacy Act 1988 and other laws.
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