Commonwealth Registers Act 2020

PART 4 - DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION  

SECTION 18   AUTHORISATION OF RECORDING OR DISCLOSURE  

18(1)    
A person is not liable to any proceedings for contravening a secrecy provision in respect of a recording or disclosure authorised by subsection 17(3) , unless the secrecy provision is a designated secrecy provision.

18(2)    
A secrecy provision is a provision that:

(a)    is a provision of a law of the Commonwealth (other than this Act); and

(b)    prohibits or regulates the use or disclosure of information.

18(3)    
A designated secrecy provision is any of the following:

(a)    

sections 18 to 18B , 92 and 92A of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 ;

(b)    section 34 of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 ;

(c)    sections 39 to 41 of the Intelligence Services Act 2001 ;

(d)    section 8WB of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 ;

(e)    a provision of a law of the Commonwealth prescribed by the rules for the purposes of this paragraph;

(f)    a provision of a law of the Commonwealth of a kind prescribed by the rules for the purposes of this paragraph.