Data Availability and Transparency Act 2022

The Commissioner may disclose, or authorise a member of the staff mentioned in section 47 to disclose, information or a document (including personal information) to an agency or body covered by subsection (2) if:

the information or document was collected by the Commissioner or staff member in the course of performing functions under this Act; and

the Commissioner is satisfied that the information or document will assist the agency or body to perform any of its functions or exercise any of its powers; and

subsection 105(4) does not apply in relation to the information.

This subsection covers the following agencies and bodies:

the Information Commissioner;

a State body, or a Territory body, whose functions include functions that correspond to those of the Information Commissioner;

the Commonwealth Ombudsman;

a State body, or a Territory body, whose functions include functions that correspond to those of the Commonwealth Ombudsman;

the Australian Securities and Investments Commission;

the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission;

a regulatory authority of a foreign country whose functions include functions that correspond to those of a person mentioned in paragraph (a), (c), (e) or (f);

the Australian National Audit Office;

the Australian Federal Police;

the police force, or police service, of a State or Territory;

the National Anti‑Corruption Commission;

the Inspector of the National Anti‑Corruption Commission;

AUSTRAC (within the meaning of the Anti‑Money Laundering and Counter‑Terrorism Financing Act 2006);

the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation;

the Inspector‑General of Intelligence and Security;

an agency or body prescribed by the rules for the purposes of this paragraph.

The Commissioner, or a member of the staff mentioned in section 47, is authorised to receive information or a document disclosed by an agency or body covered by subsection (2) for the purposes of assisting the Commissioner or staff member to perform any of their functions or exercise any of their powers.