Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018

Protected information is relevant information:

the disclosure of which would or could reasonably be expected to prejudice national security or the defence of Australia; or

the disclosure of which would or could reasonably be expected to prejudice the social or economic stability of Australia or its people; or

that contains, or is, confidential commercial information; or

the disclosure of which would or could reasonably be expected to prejudice the availability, integrity, reliability or security of a critical infrastructure asset.

A document or information is protected information if it:

was a document or information to which subsection (1) applied; and

is obtained by a person by way of an authorised disclosure under Division 3 of Part 4 or in accordance with section 46.

Relevant information is:

a document or information that is obtained or generated by a person in the course of exercising powers, or performing duties or functions, under this Act; or

a document or information that is obtained, generated or adopted by an entity for the purposes of complying with this Act;

records or is the fact that an asset is declared under section 51 to be a critical infrastructure asset; or

records or is the fact that an asset is declared under section 52B to be a system of national significance; or

records or is the fact that the Minister has:

given a Ministerial authorisation; or

revoked a Ministerial authorisation; or

is, or is included in, a critical infrastructure risk management program that is adopted by an entity in compliance with section 30AC; or

is, or is included in, a report that is given under section 30AG or 30AQ; or

is, or is included in, a report under section 30BC or 30BD; or

is, or is included in, an incident response plan adopted by an entity in compliance with section 30CD; or

is, or is included in, an evaluation report prepared under section 30CQ or 30CR; or

is, or is included in, a vulnerability assessment report prepared under section 30CZ; or

is, or is included in, a report prepared in compliance with:

a system information periodic reporting notice; or

a system information event‑based reporting notice; or

records or is the fact that the Minister has:

given a direction under subsection 30EF(1); or

revoked such a direction; or

records or is the fact that the Minister has:

given a direction under subsection 32(2); or

revoked such a direction; or

records or is the fact that the Secretary has:

given a direction under section 35AK; or

revoked such a direction; or

records or is the fact that the Secretary has:

given a direction under section 35AQ; or

revoked such a direction; or

records or is the fact that the Secretary has:

given a request under section 35AX; or

revoked such a request.