Migration Reform Act 1992

Section 168 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsections:

“(1) A person must not:

read; or

examine; or

reproduce by any means; or

use; or

disclose by any means;

any part of the movement records, otherwise than in accordance with an authority given under subsection (1A).

Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.

“(1A) The Minister may:

authorise an officer to perform for the purposes of one or more of the following:

this Act;

the Family Law Act 1975;

a law relating to customs or excise;

a law relating to quarantine or health;

law enforcement;

one or more of the actions prohibited by subsection (1); or

authorise an officer of the Attorney-General’s Department to perform for the purposes of the Family Law Act 1975 one or more of those actions; or

authorise an officer of Customs, within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901, to perform for the purposes of a law relating to customs or excise one or more of those actions; or

authorise a quarantine officer, within the meaning of the Quarantine Act 1908, to perform for the purposes of a law relating to quarantine or health one or more of those actions; or

authorise a member of the Australian Federal Police to perform for the purposes of law enforcement one or more of those actions.

“(1B) Authority under subsection (1A) to disclose any part of the movement records may be limited to authority to so disclose to a specified person, a person in a specified class, or a specified organisation, only.”.