Certain information must be shared by the Commissioner and Secretary for the purposes of their functions or powers. The Commissioner may also be required by the Minister to prepare reports, or give information, about matters relating to the performance of the Commissioner's functions.

The Commissioner may make specified information about an aged care service publicly available but that information must not include personal information.

Information acquired under, or for the purposes of, this Act or the rules will be protected information under this Act if the information:

  (a)   is personal information; or

  (b)   relates to the affairs of an approved provider or service provider of a Commonwealth - funded aged care service.

A person must not make a record of, or use or disclose, protected information except in accordance with Division   4 of this Part. The Commissioner is permitted to disclose protected information in certain circumstances.