Exchange of information
37 Exchange of information
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—
relevant agency means—
the chief executive of a department; or
a local government; or
a person who is the equivalent of the commissioner in another State or the Commonwealth; or
an agency of the Commonwealth, or another State, prescribed by regulation; or
another entity involved in administering matters relevant to small businesses prescribed by regulation.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed by regulation
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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