# Collection, access and disclosure of information

> act-s175B — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

175B Collection, access and disclosure of information

               Collection of information
          (1) If a person presents or provides a document to a clearance
              authority under this Division, the clearance authority may collect
              information (including personal identifiers) in the document.










               Access to, and disclosure of, personal information
          (2) The following provisions:
                (a) section 336D (which authorises access to identifying
                    information);
                (b) section 336E (other than subsection 336E(1)) and
                    section 336F (which authorise disclosure of identifying
                    information);
                (c) a provision of an instrument made under section 336D or
                    336F;
              apply to personal information (other than personal identifiers)
              collected under this Division in the same way as they apply to
              identifying information.

               Effect on interpretation
          (3) This section does not, by implication, affect the interpretation of
              any other provision of this Act or an instrument made under this
              Act.










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