Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006

CHAPTER 15 - ADMINISTRATION  

PART 15-2 - PROTECTION OF INFORMATION  

Division 604 - Protection of Information  

SECTION 604-5   PROTECTED INFORMATION  
Information provided in confidence

604-5(1)    
Information is protected information if the information is given to the Registrar or another person, in confidence, in connection with:

(a)    the performance of a function of the Registrar; or

(b)    the exercise of a power of the Registrar.

Other protected information

604-5(2)    
Information is also protected information if:

(a)    the information:

(i) is disclosed to, or obtained by, a person; or

(ii) is included in a document given or produced to a person;

for the purposes of this Act; and

(b)    the information relates to the affairs of:

(i) an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation or a related body corporate; or

(ii) an officer of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation or a related body corporate; or

(iii) a member of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation or a related body corporate; or

(iv) a person who has had, has or proposes to have, dealings with an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation or a related body corporate.

Information is not protected information under this subsection, however, if the information has already been lawfully made available to the public from other sources.

604-5(3)    
The references in paragraph (2)(b) to an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation, or a related body corporate, include references to an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation, or a related body corporate, that has ceased to exist.