Recycling and Waste Reduction Act 2020

A person may use or disclose protected information if:

the use or disclosure is made for the purposes of:

performing a duty or function, or exercising a power, under or in relation to this Act; or

enabling another person to perform duties or functions, or exercise powers, under or in relation to this Act; or

assisting in the administration or enforcement of another Australian law; or

the use or disclosure is required or authorised by or under:

a Commonwealth law (including this Act); or

a law, of a State or Territory, that is prescribed by the rules; or

the person referred to in paragraph 148(1)(c) has consented to the use or disclosure; or

at the time of the use or disclosure, the protected information is already lawfully publicly available; or

both:

the use or disclosure is, or is a kind of use or disclosure that is, certified in writing by the Minister to be in the public interest; and

the use or disclosure is made in accordance with any requirements prescribed by the rules; or

both:

the person believes on reasonable grounds that the use or disclosure is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the life or health of a person; and

the use or disclosure is for the purposes of preventing or lessening that threat; or

both:

the person believes on reasonable grounds that the use or disclosure is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious threat to environmental health; and

the use or disclosure is for the purposes of preventing or lessening that threat; or

both:

the information used or disclosed is a summary of, or statistics derived from, protected information; and

the information is not likely to enable the identification of a person.

An instrument made under subparagraph (1)(e)(i) certifying that a particular use or disclosure is in the public interest is not a legislative instrument.

An instrument made under subparagraph (1)(e)(i) certifying that a kind of use or disclosure is in the public interest is a legislative instrument.