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293A: Warrant to enter and search
or “Immigration officers can get permission to search places for evidence of immigration-related crimes”
You could also call this:

“Immigration officers and department must keep certain information confidential”

If you’re an immigration officer or work for the Department, you have special rules about sharing information. When you get a document under section 275A, you can’t share any information from it unless two things are true:

  1. The sharing follows the rules in section 294AAB.

  2. The information is being used for one of these laws:

    • Immigration Act
    • Employment Relations Act 2000
    • Equal Pay Act 1972
    • Holidays Act 2003
    • Home and Community Support (Payment for Travel Between Clients) Settlement Act 2016
    • Minimum Wage Act 1983
    • Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987
    • Support Workers (Pay Equity) Settlements Act 2017
    • Volunteers Employment Protection Act 1973
    • Wages Protection Act 1983

These rules help keep information private and make sure it’s only used for the right reasons.

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Part 8 Compliance and information
Disclosure of information to or by other agencies, bodies, or persons

294AAAObligation of immigration officer and Department not to disclose information

  1. An immigration officer who is provided with a document (or a copy of a document) under section 275A and the Department may not disclose any information obtained as a result, unless the disclosure is—

  2. in accordance with section 294AAB; and
    1. for the purposes of one of the following Acts:
      1. this Act:
        1. the Employment Relations Act 2000:
          1. the Equal Pay Act 1972:
            1. the Holidays Act 2003:
              1. the Home and Community Support (Payment for Travel Between Clients) Settlement Act 2016:
                1. the Minimum Wage Act 1983:
                  1. the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987:
                    1. the Support Workers (Pay Equity) Settlements Act 2017:
                      1. the Volunteers Employment Protection Act 1973:
                        1. the Wages Protection Act 1983.

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                        Notes
                        • Section 294AAA: inserted, on , by section 5 of the Worker Protection (Migrant and Other Employees) Act 2023 (2023 No 36).