Schedule 1 Amendments
Part 1 Main amendments
(2) In exercising a power or performing a function under a delegation
under subsection (1), the Director-General of Security must
comply with any directions of the Attorney-General’s Secretary.
Division 7—Information sharing and confidentiality
315H Information sharing and confidentiality
(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 either or both 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.
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.
Definitions
(4) In this section:
Commonwealth officer means:
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Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2017
Authorised Version C2017A00111
No. 111, 2017
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