Higher Education Support Act 2003

Chapter 5 - Administration  

PART 5-4 - Management of information  

Division 181 - Protection, disclosure and use of Australia ' s Economic Accelerator program information  

SECTION 181-25   Disclosure of Australia ' s Economic Accelerator program information by Minister  

181-25(1)    
The Minister may make *Australia ' s Economic Accelerator program information publicly available, if the information:

(a)    relates to programs of research in respect of which grants have been approved for the purposes of item 14 of the table in subsection 41-10(1) ; and

(b)    is any of the following:

(i) the name of a researcher;

(ii) a description of the field of research;

(iii) the amount of a grant;

(iv) other information of a general nature.

181-25(2)    
Despite subsection (1) , the Minister must not disclose the information if a person demonstrates to the Minister that:

(a)    release of the information would cause competitive detriment to the person; and

(b)    the information is not in the public domain; and

(c)    the information is not required to be disclosed under another law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; and

(d)    the information is not readily discoverable.