Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person who obtains information or a document under section 314A, 314B, 314C, 314D, 315C or this subsection may disclose any of that information, or provide the document (or a copy of it), to another person for any of the following purposes:
(a) the assessment of the risk of unauthorised interference with, or unauthorised access to, telecommunications networks or facilities and, if there is such a risk, the assessment of the risk to security;
(b) the purposes of security;
(c) the purpose of an IGIS official exercising a power, or performing a function or duty, as an IGIS official.
Note: The Privacy Act 1988 applies to the disclosure of personal information.
Limitation
(2) However, if a person obtains information or a document under section 314A, 314B, 314C, 314D, 315C or subsection (1) of this section, the person must not disclose any of that information, or provide the document (or a copy of it), to a person who is not a Commonwealth officer, to the extent that the information is identifying information or that the document (or a copy of it) contains identifying information.
Confidentiality
(3) Subject to this section, a person who obtains information or a document under section 314A, 314B, 314C, 314D, 315C or this section must treat the information or document as confidential.
(4) In this section:
"Commonwealth officer" means:
(a) a person who is in the employment of the Commonwealth, other than a person who is engaged outside Australia to perform duties outside Australia as an employee; or
(b) a person who holds or performs the duties of any office or position established by or under a law of the Commonwealth; or
(c) a member of the Australian Defence Force; or
(d) the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police, a Deputy Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police, an AFP employee, a special member or a special protective service officer (all within the meaning of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 ).
Note: Paragraph (a) of this definition covers, for example, persons employed by the Director - General of Security, on behalf of the Commonwealth, under subsection 84(1) of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 .
"identifying information" means information that identifies the carrier, carriage service provider or carriage service intermediary concerned.
"security" has the same meaning as in the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 .