Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN PASSPORTS ACT 2005 - SECT 46

                   On request, the Minister may disclose personal information, of a kind specified in a Minister's determination, to a person specified in a Minister's determination, for any of the following purposes:

                     (a)  confirming or verifying information relating to an applicant for an Australian travel document or a person to whom an Australian travel document has been issued;

                     (b)  facilitating or otherwise assisting the international travel of a person to whom an Australian travel document has been issued;

                     (c)  law enforcement;

                     (d)  the operation of family law and related matters;

                     (e)  the purposes of a law of the Commonwealth specified in a Minister's determination.

Note:          Information disclosed under this section must be dealt with in accordance with the Australian Privacy Principles.