Education Legislation Amendment (Integrity and Other Measures) Act 2025 (74 of 2025)

Schedule 2   Amendments relating to family assistance

Part 2   Protected information

Division 1   Amendments

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

9   After subsection 162(2)

Insert:

(2AA) A person may:

(a) make a record of protected information; or

(b) disclose such information to any person; or

(c) otherwise use such information;

if the Secretary reasonably believes that the record, disclosure or use made of the information is reasonably necessary for one or more of the following purposes:

(d) research, monitoring, evaluation or reporting of matters of relevance to a Department that is administering any part of the family assistance law;

(e) statistical analysis of matters of relevance to a Department that is administering any part of the family assistance law;

(f) policy development of matters of relevance to a Department that is administering any part of the family assistance law.

(2AB) A person may:

(a) make a record of protected information; or

(b) disclose such information to any person; or

(c) otherwise use such information;

if the information:

(d) has already been lawfully made available to the public; and

(e) is in relation to:

(i) an approved provider; or

(ii) a provider who is no longer approved or whose approval is suspended; or

(iii) a child care service of a provider mentioned in subparagraph (i) or (ii) (whether or not the provider currently operates the service).

Note: Subparagraph (e)(iii) includes services in respect of which the provider is approved or operates (see subsection 3(6)).