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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

111: Registrar-General may disclose information under approved information sharing agreement

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"The Registrar-General can share your personal info with others if they follow the rules."

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The Registrar-General can share personal information about you under an approved information sharing agreement. This includes information recorded in the registry and information received from an overseas registration authority. The Registrar-General must follow specific rules when sharing restricted information, which can be found in section 107(3), 108(4) and (5), or 113.

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Part 4Searches and disclosure of information
Disclosure and sharing of information: Disclosure to public sector agencies

111Registrar-General may disclose information under approved information sharing agreement

  1. The Registrar-General may share any of the following personal information about an identifiable individual under an approved information sharing agreement:

  2. personal information recorded in the registry:
    1. personal information received from an overseas registration authority.

      1. Despite subsection (1), the Registrar-General may share restricted information under an approved information sharing agreement only in accordance with section 107(3), 108(4) and (5), or 113 (as applicable).

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