5A  Meaning of protected information and relevant information
Protected information
(1)

Protected information is relevant information:

(a)

the disclosure of which would or could reasonably be expected to prejudice national security or the defence of Australia; or

(b)

the disclosure of which would or could reasonably be expected to prejudice the social or economic stability of Australia or its people; or

(c)

that contains, or is, confidential commercial information; or

(d)

the disclosure of which would or could reasonably be expected to prejudice the availability, integrity, reliability or security of a critical infrastructure asset.

(2)

A document or information is protected information if it:

(a)

was a document or information to which subsection (1) applied; and

(b)

is obtained by a person by way of an authorised disclosure under Division 3 of Part 4 or in accordance with section 46.

Relevant information
(3)

Relevant information is:

(a)

a document or information that is obtained or generated by a person in the course of exercising powers, or performing duties or functions, under this Act; or

(b)

a document or information that is obtained, generated or adopted by an entity for the purposes of complying with this Act;

including, but not limited to, a document or information that:

(c)

records or is the fact that an asset is declared under section 51 to be a critical infrastructure asset; or

(d)

records or is the fact that an asset is declared under section 52B to be a system of national significance; or

(e)

records or is the fact that the Minister has:

(i)

given a Ministerial authorisation; or

(ii)

revoked a Ministerial authorisation; or

(f)

is, or is included in, a critical infrastructure risk management program that is adopted by an entity in compliance with section 30AC; or

(g)

is, or is included in, a report that is given under section 30AG or 30AQ; or

(h)

is, or is included in, a report under section 30BC or 30BD; or

(i)

is, or is included in, an incident response plan adopted by an entity in compliance with section 30CD; or

(j)

is, or is included in, an evaluation report prepared under section 30CQ or 30CR; or

(k)

is, or is included in, a vulnerability assessment report prepared under section 30CZ; or

(l)

is, or is included in, a report prepared in compliance with:

(i)

a system information periodic reporting notice; or

(ii)

a system information event‑based reporting notice; or

(la)

records or is the fact that the Minister has:

(i)

given a direction under subsection 30EF(1); or

(ii)

revoked such a direction; or

(m)

records or is the fact that the Minister has:

(i)

given a direction under subsection 32(2); or

(ii)

revoked such a direction; or

(n)

records or is the fact that the Secretary has:

(i)

given a direction under section 35AK; or

(ii)

revoked such a direction; or

(o)

records or is the fact that the Secretary has:

(i)

given a direction under section 35AQ; or

(ii)

revoked such a direction; or

(p)

records or is the fact that the Secretary has:

(i)

given a request under section 35AX; or

(ii)

revoked such a request.