Treasury Laws Amendment (2020 Measures No. 6) Act 2020 (141 of 2020)

Schedule 2   Amendments of the consumer data right

Part 2   Later amendments

Competition and Consumer Act 2010

43   After subsection 157AA(2)

Insert:

Disclosure to the Secretary

(2A) The Commission or a Commission official may disclose to:

(a) the Secretary of the Department; or

(b) any employee of the Department or consultant assisting the Secretary in performing the Secretary's functions, or exercising the Secretary's powers, relating to Part IVD;

any information that the Commission obtains under this Act, or the consumer data rules, that is relevant or likely to be relevant to the functions or powers referred to in paragraph (b).

Note: The Privacy Act 1988 also contains provisions relevant to the use and disclosure of information.

(2B) The Secretary or a person mentioned in paragraph (2A)(b) must only use the information:

(a) for a purpose connected with the performance of the functions, or the exercise of the powers, referred to in paragraph (2A)(b); and

(b) in accordance with any conditions imposed under subsection (4).