Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person who obtains protected information for a permissible purpose may disclose the information:
(a) to a court or tribunal, or in accordance with an order of a court or tribunal, for the purposes of proceedings; or
(b) to a coronial inquiry, or in accordance with an order of a coroner, for the purposes of a coronial inquiry.
Note 1: The National Security Information (Criminal and Civil Proceedings) Act 2004 may apply to proceedings under this Part.
Note 2: This subsection constitutes an authorisation for the purposes of other laws, such as paragraph 6.2(b) of Australian Privacy Principle 6.
(2) A person who obtains protected information under, or in accordance with, subsection (1) may make a record of, or disclose or otherwise use, the information for the purposes for which the information was disclosed under that subsection.
Note: This subsection constitutes an authorisation for the purposes of other laws, such as paragraph 6.2(b) of Australian Privacy Principle 6.