Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Secretary may, in writing, authorise a person:
(a) to make a record of or otherwise use protected information for a specified purpose; or
(b) to disclose protected information to a specified person, or to a specified class of persons, for a specified purpose.
(2) A person who is authorised to make a record of, or disclose or otherwise use, protected information under subsection (1) may make a record of, or disclose or otherwise use, the information in accordance with the authorisation.
Note: This section constitutes an authorisation for the purposes of other laws, such as paragraph 6.2(b) of Australian Privacy Principle 6.