(1) The collection, use or disclosure of personal information about an individual is taken to be authorised by this Act for the purposes of the Privacy Act 1988 if the collection, use or disclosure is reasonably necessary for the purposes of:
(a) the provision, or proposed provision, of international assistance in criminal matters by the Attorney - General, or an officer of his or her Department, to a foreign country; or
(b) the obtaining, or proposed obtaining, of international assistance in criminal matters by the Attorney - General, or an officer of his or her Department, from a foreign country.
(2) In this section:
"personal information" has the same meaning as in the Privacy Act 1988 .