Disclosure under the ASIC Act
A person covered by subsection 848C(2) in relation to information may disclose the information if: (a) the person is: (i) a member of ASIC; or (ii) an ASIC staff member; or (iii) a Commonwealth officer (within the meaning of the Crimes Act 1914) who acquired the information because of, or in the course of, the Commonwealth officer’s employment as a Commonwealth officer (other than employment with the body corporate to which the relevant determination made under subsection 848A(1) of this Act relates); and (b) the information is protected information (within the meaning of subsection 127(9) of the ASIC Act); and (c) the disclosure is authorised use and disclosure of the information for the purposes of subsection 127(1) of that Act. Note: A disclosure of information permitted by section 848D, 848E, 848F, 848G, 848J or 848K of this Act is authorised use and disclosure because of subsection 127(2) of the ASIC Act.
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