Disclosure of information and documents
13EI Disclosure of information and documents
The Secretary of the Department administered by the Defence Minister (the Secretary) may disclose any information, or give any document, obtained or generated for the purposes of this Division, to any of the following for a purpose connected with the administration of this Division (including the performance of a function, or the exercise of a power, under this Division):
a Minister of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory;
the head (however described) of a Commonwealth entity within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013;
a State or Territory, or an authority of a State or Territory;
any of the following:
the government of a foreign country, or of part of a foreign country;
an authority of the government of a foreign country;
an authority of the government of part of a foreign country;
a person or entity specified in an instrument under subregulation (2).
The Defence Minister may, by legislative instrument, specify a person or entity for the purposes of paragraph (1)(e).
The Secretary may disclose information under subregulation (1) only if the Secretary is satisfied that the recipient of the information will not disclose the information to anyone else without the Secretary’s consent.
The Secretary may give a document under subregulation (1) only if the Secretary is satisfied that the recipient of the document will not disclose any of the contents of the document to anyone else without the Secretary’s consent.
Relationship with other laws
Subregulation (1) applies despite:
a law of the Commonwealth other than an Act or this regulation; and
a law of a State or a Territory.
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