Business Names Registration Act 2011

PART 9 - ADMINISTRATION  

Division 1 - Matters relating to handling records and information  

Subdivision C - Disclosure of information  

SECTION 62N   AUTHORISATION OF RECORDING OR DISCLOSURE  

62N(1)    
A person is not liable to any proceedings for contravening a secrecy provision in respect of a recording or disclosure authorised under subsection 62M(3) , unless the secrecy provision is a designated secrecy provision.

62N(2)    
A secrecy provision is a provision that:

(a)    is a provision of a law of the Commonwealth (other than this Act); and

(b)    prohibits or regulates the use or disclosure of information.

62N(3)    
A designated secrecy provision is any of the following:

(a)    sections 18 to 18B and 92 of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 ;

(b)    section 34 of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 ;

(c)    sections 39 to 41 of the Intelligence Services Act 2001 ;

(d)    section 8WB of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 ;

(e)    a provision of a law of the Commonwealth prescribed by rules made for the purposes of this paragraph under section 62U ;

(f)    a provision of a law of the Commonwealth of a kind prescribed by rules made for the purposes of this paragraph under section 62U .




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