Higher Education Support Act 2003

Sch 1A inserted by No 170 of 2007, s 3 and Sch 1 item 17, effective 1 January 2008.

Pt 3 Div 14 heading substituted by No 6 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 1 item 13, applicable in relation to information whether it was obtained or created before, on or after 7 March 2012. The heading formerly read:

Division 14 - Protection of VET personal information

Subdiv 14-B heading repealed by No 156 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 3 item 7, applicable to information obtained or created before, on or after 18 November 2012. The heading formerly read:

Subdivision 14-B - Other rules about information

Subdiv 14-B inserted by No 6 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 1 item 16, applicable in relation to information whether it was obtained or created before, on or after 7 March 2012.

Pt 3 cl 78A substituted by No 156 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 3 item 8, applicable to information obtained or created before, on or after 18 November 2012. Cl 78A formerly read:

SECTION 78A Authorisation of certain uses and disclosures of information  
Information this clause applies to

78A(1)
This clause applies to information that:

(a) is *VET personal information obtained in connection with an application under clause 9 (which is about applications for approval of bodies as *VET providers); or

(b) is information that:

(i) is obtained by a *Commonwealth officer for the purposes of this Schedule; and

(ii) is not VET personal information.

Use of information

78A(2)
A *Commonwealth officer may use the information in the course of his or her *official employment within the meaning of section 179-15 .

Disclosure to TEQSA and National VET Regulator

78A(3)
The *Secretary may:

(a) disclose the information to *TEQSA for the performance of duties or functions, or the exercise of powers, under, or for the purposes of, the *TEQSA Act; and

(b) disclose the information to the *National VET Regulator for the performance of duties or functions, or the exercise of powers, under, or for the purposes of, the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 .

This clause does not limit use or disclosure

78A(4)
This clause does not limit the use or disclosure of the information.

Pt 3 cl 78A inserted by No 6 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 1 item 16, applicable in relation to information whether it was obtained or created before, on or after 7 March 2012.