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Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021

Searches and disclosure of information - Disclosure and sharing of information - Disclosure to public sector agencies

112: Registrar-General may disclose information to Schedule 2 agencies under information matching agreement or approved information sharing agreement

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"The Registrar-General can share personal info with some agencies if it's allowed by an agreement."

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The Registrar-General can share some personal information with certain agencies. You can find these agencies in Schedule 2. The Registrar-General can only share this information if it is allowed by an agreement. The Registrar-General can share information with the chief executive of a Schedule 2 agency. This can only happen if the information is of a certain type and for a specific purpose. The information must be shared according to an agreement, such as an information matching agreement or an approved information sharing agreement. The Registrar-General must follow the rules in the Privacy Act 2020 when sharing information. You can find these rules in Part 7 of the Privacy Act 2020. The Registrar-General can also enter into an information sharing agreement to share information with other agencies. If the information is restricted, the Registrar-General must follow special rules when sharing it. You can find these rules in sections 107, 108, and 113. The chief executive of an agency can mean different things for different agencies, such as the Government Superannuation Fund Authority or the National Provident Fund.

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Disclosure and sharing of information: Disclosure to public sector agencies

112Registrar-General may disclose information to Schedule 2 agencies under information matching agreement or approved information sharing agreement

  1. The purpose of this section is to authorise the disclosure of certain specified personal information to the agencies listed in Schedule 2 (the Schedule 2 agencies) for the purposes specified in that schedule.

  2. The Registrar-General may disclose personal information to the chief executive of a Schedule 2 agency for the purposes of this section only if—

  3. the information is of a type specified in the second column of Schedule 2 in relation to the Schedule 2 agency; and
    1. the disclosure is for a purpose specified in the third column of that Schedule for that type of information in relation to the Schedule 2 agency; and
      1. the disclosure is in accordance with—
        1. an information matching agreement entered into under Part 10 of the Privacy Act 1993 and continued by clause 11 of Schedule 1 of the Privacy Act 2020; or
          1. an information matching agreement entered into under subpart 4 of Part 7 of the Privacy Act 2020; or
            1. an approved information sharing agreement entered into under subpart 1 of Part 7 of the Privacy Act 2020; and
            2. in the case of any personal information that is restricted information, the disclosure is in accordance with section 107(3), 108(4) and (5), or 113 (as applicable).

              1. Nothing in this section limits section 111 or prevents the Registrar-General from entering into an information sharing agreement to share information in accordance with that section.

              2. In this section, a reference to the chief executive of an agency means, in the case of the Government Superannuation Fund Authority or the National Provident Fund, a reference to the board of the Government Superannuation Fund Authority or, as the context requires, the Board of Trustees of the National Provident Fund.

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