# Protected information and documents

> act-s378 — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

378 Protected information and documents
          (1) An entrusted person must not be required to produce or disclose a
              protected document, or protected information, to a parliament if:









                 (a) the document or information relates to a reviewable
                     protection decision; and
                 (b) the production or disclosure is not necessary for the purposes
                     of carrying into effect the provisions of the ART Act or
                     another enactment conferring powers on the ART.
          (2) Subsection (1) applies despite subsection 274(1) of the ART Act.
          (3) In this section:
               entrusted person has the same meaning as in the ART Act.
               parliament means:
                (a) a House of the Parliament of the Commonwealth, of a State
                     or of a Territory; or
                (b) a committee of a House or the Houses of the Parliament of
                     the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory.
               protected document has the same meaning as in the ART Act.
               protected information has the same meaning as in the ART Act.










Division 7—Giving and receiving documents