##### 44A  Authorised APS employees - \(1\) The Secretary may, in writing, authorise an APS employee in the Department, or each APS employee in the Department included in a specified class of APS employees in the Department, to be an authorised APS employee for the purposes of this Subdivision\. - \(2\) The Secretary must, in any authorisation under subsection \(1\), specify the kind of protected information that the APS employee, or each APS employee in that class, is authorised: - \(a\) to disclose under section 42, 42A, 43, 43AA or 43A; and - \(b\) to make a record of or use for the purpose of a disclosure under section 42, 42A, 43AA or 43A\. #### Subdivision B—Offence for unauthorised use or disclosure --- ## Source and attribution Saved copy: C2018A00029 / C2026C00213 / f578e546a17068939a3a5a928474713f844dfae8 Scope: navPoint\_233 Compiled 2026\-06\-04\. This does not establish legal commencement\. Official source: https://www\.legislation\.gov\.au/C2018A00029/2026\-06\-04/2026\-06\-04/text/1/epub/OEBPS/document\_1/document\_1\.html Licence: https://creativecommons\.org/licenses/by/4\.0/ Based on content from the Federal Register of Legislation at 1 October 2026\. For the latest information on Australian Government legislation please go to https://www\.legislation\.gov\.au\. Converted XHTML into Tiptap JSON; recovered lists from paragraph classes; kept literal labels and text\. Print layout is changed\. The Commonwealth Coat of Arms is not covered by the CC BY licence\.