Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991 - SECT 108B

             (1)  The Minister may disclose, or authorise a prescribed agency within the meaning of subsection (3) to disclose on the Minister's behalf, information relating to fishing activities that may involve a breach of the laws of Australia or of a foreign country, including personal information relating to the fishing activities of individuals that may involve such a breach, to:

                     (a)  the government of a foreign country; or

                     (b)  an instrumentality of such a government; or

                     (c)  an international intergovernmental body.

             (2)  In disclosing the information, or in authorising its disclosure, the Minister may require that it:

                     (a)  not be disclosed by the government, instrumentality or body to which it is provided; or

                     (b)  be disclosed only for such purposes, and on such conditions, as the Minister specifies.

             (3)  An agency is a prescribed agency for the purposes of subsection (1) if:

                     (a)  it is an agency within the meaning of section 7 of the Public Service Act 1999 ; and

                     (b)  it is declared by the regulations to be a prescribed agency for the purposes of that subsection.