Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 321

Overview

             (1)  This section authorises certain disclosures of personal information for the purpose of facilitating or expediting the exercise of the powers, or performance of the functions, of the Migration Agents Registration Authority.

Disclosure by the Department to the Authority

             (2)  The Department may make a disclosure to the Migration Agents Registration Authority.

Disclosure by the Minister

             (3)  If the Minister appoints the Institute under section 315, the Minister may make a disclosure to the Institute or an officer or employee of the Institute.

Note:          Section 315 lets the Minister appoint the Institute for the purposes of the definition of Migration Agents Registration Authority in section 275.

Preliminary disclosure to the Institute

             (4)  The Department or the Minister may make a disclosure to the Institute or an officer or employee of the Institute at a time when the Minister has made an instrument appointing the Institute under section 315 but the instrument has not taken effect.

Section not limited to information obtained after commencement

             (5)  The Department or the Minister may disclose information whether it was obtained before or after the commencement of this section.