Education Legislation Amendment (Overseas Debt Recovery) Act 2015 (154 of 2015)

Schedule 4   Confidentiality of taxpayer information

Taxation Administration Act 1953

1   Subsection 355-65(8) in Schedule 1 (at the end of the table)

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a *foreign government agency of a foreign country or part of a foreign country, or an entity acting on behalf of such an agency

(a) is of information relating to the address, contact information or income of a person who has an obligation to repay a student loan issued by or on behalf of:

(i) that agency; or

(ii) another *foreign government agency of that country, or that part of that country; and

(b) is for the purposes of contacting the person, and recovering from the person outstanding amounts relating to the loan.