Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment (Child Care and Other Measures) Act 2011 (79 of 2011)

Schedule 4   Protected information

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

3   After subsection 161(1)

Insert:

State and Territory laws

(1A) Nothing in this Division prevents a person from disclosing information to another person if the information is disclosed for the purposes of:

(a) the Education and Care Services National Law applying as a law of a State or Territory; or

(b) a law of a State or Territory that applies the Education and Care Services National Law as a law of that State or Territory (whether or not that law has commenced); or

(c) regulations made under the Education and Care Services National Law; or

(d) a law of a State or Territory that substantially corresponds to the provisions of the Education and Care Services National Law (whether or not that law has commenced); or

(e) regulations made under a law referred to in paragraph (d).

(1B) In subsection (1A):

Education and Care Services National Law means the Education and Care Services National Law set out in the Schedule to the Education and Care Services National Law Act 2010 of Victoria.

Note 1: The following heading to subsection 161(1) is inserted “Commonwealth laws”.

Note 2: The following heading to subsection 161(2) is inserted “No effect on operation of the Freedom of Information Act 1982”.