Cross-Border Commissioner Act 2024

The commissioner may enter into an arrangement (an information-sharing arrangement) with a relevant agency for the purposes of sharing or exchanging information—

held by the commissioner or relevant agency; or

to which the commissioner or relevant agency has access.

An information-sharing arrangement may relate only to information that assists—

the commissioner in performing the commissioner’s functions under this Act; or

the relevant agency in performing its functions.

Under an information-sharing arrangement, the commissioner and the relevant agency are, despite another Act or law, authorised to—

ask for and receive information held by the other party to the arrangement or to which the other party has access; and

disclose information to the other party.

In this section—

the chief executive of a department or a person who is the equivalent of the chief executive of a department of a relevant jurisdiction; or

a local government or the equivalent of a local government of a relevant jurisdiction; or

a person who is the equivalent of the commissioner in a border jurisdiction; or

another entity established for a State government purpose, or for a government purpose of a relevant jurisdiction, that performs functions or administers matters relevant to cross-border communities.