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MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 473GD Immigration Assessment Authority may restrict publication or disclosure of certain matters

MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 473GD

Immigration Assessment Authority may restrict publication or disclosure of certain matters

  (1)   If the President is satisfied, in relation to a review, that it is in the public interest that:

  (a)   any information given to the Immigration Assessment Authority; or

  (b)   the contents of any document produced to the Authority;

should not be published or otherwise disclosed, or should not be published or otherwise disclosed except in a particular manner and to particular persons, the President may give a written direction accordingly.

  (2)   A direction under subsection   (1):

  (a)   must be in writing; and

  (b)   must be notified in a way that the President considers appropriate.

  (3)   If the President has given a direction under subsection   (1) in relation to the publication of any information or of the contents of a document, the direction does not:

  (a)   excuse the Immigration Assessment Authority from its obligations under section   473EA; or

  (b)   prevent a person from communicating to another person a matter contained in the evidence, information or document, if the first - mentioned person has knowledge of the matter otherwise than because of the evidence or the information having been given or the document having been produced to the Authority.

  (4)   A person must not contravene a direction given under subsection   (1) that is applicable to the person

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 2 years.

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