Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Despite anything in an Act of which the * Commissioner has the general administration, the Commissioner, or a person authorised by the Commissioner, may communicate * personal information to an * officer for use by that officer:
(a) in the case of a * Commonwealth officer--in the course of the officer's * official employment; or
(b) in the case of an * officer of a higher education provider--to assist the officer in performing duties or functions, or in exercising powers, under, or for the purposes of, this Act; or
(c) in the case of an * officer of Open Universities Australia--to assist the officer in performing duties or functions, or in exercising powers, under, or for the purposes of, this Act; or
(d) in the case of an * officer of a Tertiary Admission Centre--to assist the officer in performing duties or functions, or in exercising powers, under, or for the purposes of, this Act.
(2) Despite subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code , in a prosecution for an offence against an Act of which the * Commissioner has the general administration, the defendant does not bear an evidential burden in relation to whether this section applies to a communication of * personal information.