42A  Authorised use and disclosure—development of proposed amendments of this Act etc.
(1)

The Secretary, or an authorised APS employee, may:

(a)

disclose protected information to an entity for the purposes of developing or assessing:

(i)

proposed amendments of this Act; or

(ii)

proposed rules; or

(iii)

proposed amendments of the rules; and

(b)

make a record of or use protected information for the purpose of that disclosure.

Note: This section is an authorisation for the purposes of other laws, including the Australian Privacy Principles.

(2)

An authorised APS employee may disclose protected information under this section, and make a record of or use protected information for the purpose of that disclosure, only if doing so is in accordance with an authorisation under section 44A.