(1) A public sector agency must not disclose personal information relating to
an individual's ethnic or racial origin, political opinions, religious or
philosophical beliefs, trade union membership or sexual activities unless the
disclosure is necessary to prevent a serious and imminent threat to the life
or health of the individual concerned or another person.
(a) the
public sector agency reasonably believes that the recipient of the information
is subject to a law, binding scheme or contract that effectively upholds
principles for fair handling of the information that are substantially similar
to the information protection principles, or
(b) the individual expressly
consents to the disclosure, or
(c) the disclosure is necessary for the
performance of a contract between the individual and the public sector agency,
or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures taken in response to the
individual's request, or
(d) the disclosure is necessary for the conclusion
or performance of a contract concluded in the interest of the individual
between the public sector agency and a third party, or
(e) all of the
following apply--
(i) the disclosure is for the benefit of the individual,
(ii) it is impracticable to obtain the consent of the individual to that
disclosure,
(iii) if it were practicable to obtain such consent, the
individual would be likely to give it, or
(f) the disclosure is reasonably
believed by the public sector agency to be necessary to lessen or prevent a
serious and imminent threat to the life, health or safety of the individual or
another person, or
(g) the public sector agency has taken reasonable steps to
ensure that the information that it has disclosed will not be held, used or
disclosed by the recipient of the information inconsistently with the
information protection principles, or
(h) the disclosure is permitted or
required by an Act (including an Act of the Commonwealth) or any other law.