FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991 - SECT 108B Minister may disclose information relating to illegal fishing activities

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991 - SECT 108B

  (1)   The Minister may disclose, or authorise a prescribed agency within the meaning of subsection   (3) to disclose on the Minister's behalf, information relating to fishing activities that may involve a breach of the laws of Australia or of a foreign country, including personal information relating to the fishing activities of individuals that may involve such a breach, to:

  (a)   the government of a foreign country; or

  (b)   an instrumentality of such a government; or

  (c)   an international intergovernmental body.

  (2)   In disclosing the information, or in authorising its disclosure, the Minister may require that it:

  (a)   not be disclosed by the government, instrumentality or body to which it is provided; or

  (b)   be disclosed only for such purposes, and on such conditions, as the Minister specifies.

  (3)   An agency is a prescribed agency for the purposes of subsection   (1) if:

  (a)   it is an agency within the meaning of section   7 of the Public Service Act 1999 ; and

  (b)   it is declared by the regulations to be a prescribed agency for the purposes of that subsection.