# Disclosure of personal information to Minister

> act-s140ZI — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

140ZI Disclosure of personal information to Minister
          (1) For the purposes of this Division, the Minister may request a
              person mentioned in column 2 of the following table in relation to
              an item to disclose to the Minister personal information of a
              prescribed kind about a person mentioned in column 3 of the table
              in relation to the item:

            From whom the Minister may request disclosure of personal information
            Column 1       Column 2                           Column 3
            Item           The Minister may                   to disclose personal information
                           request ...                        of a prescribed kind to the
                                                              Minister about ...
            1              an approved sponsor or             the visa holder
                           former approved sponsor
                           of a visa holder
            2              an approved sponsor or             the former visa holder
                           former approved sponsor
                           of a former visa holder

          (2) For the purposes of:
                (a) paragraph 6.2(b) of Australian Privacy Principle 6; and
                (c) a provision of a law of a State or Territory that provides that
                    information that is personal may be disclosed if the
                    disclosure is authorised by law;
              the disclosure of information by a person in response to a request
              under this section is taken to be a disclosure that is authorised by
              this Act.









          (3) Nothing in this section has the effect of authorising a disclosure
              that, despite subsection (2), is prevented by a law of the
              Commonwealth, a State or Territory.