# Circumstances in which the Minister may disclose personal information

> reg-2.104 — as in force on 2026-06-01 — F2026C00497 · Compilation No. 287 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026C00497/latest/text

2.104 Circumstances in which the Minister may disclose personal information
          (1) For the purposes of subsection 140ZH(2) of the Act, this regulation sets out the
              circumstances in which the Minister may disclose personal information under
              subsection 140ZH(1) or (1A) of the Act.
          (2) Each of the following are circumstances in which the Minister may disclose
              personal information to a visa holder or a former visa holder:
               (a) the disclosure of the information may assist Immigration in determining:
                     (i) whether an approved sponsor or a former approved sponsor has failed
                         to satisfy a sponsorship obligation; or
                    (ii) whether a circumstance prescribed under section 140L of the Act
                         exists in relation to an approved sponsor or a former approved sponsor
                         of the visa holder or the former visa holder;
               (b) the disclosure of the information may assist the visa holder or former visa
                   holder to recover a debt under section 140S of the Act;







                 (c) the disclosure of the information will notify the visa holder or the former
                     visa holder that their approved sponsor or former approved sponsor has
                     been sanctioned:
                       (i) for a failure to satisfy a sponsorship obligation prescribed under
                           section 140H of the Act; or
                      (ii) due to the existence of a circumstance prescribed under section 140L
                           of the Act;
                 (d) the disclosure of the information will notify the visa holder or the former
                     visa holder of the outcome of an allegation made by the visa holder or the
                     former visa holder in relation to an approved sponsor or a former approved
                     sponsor.
          (3) Each of the following are circumstances in which the Minister may disclose
              personal information to an approved sponsor or a former approved sponsor:
               (a) the disclosure of the information may assist the approved sponsor or former
                   approved sponsor:
                      (i) to respond to a claim that a sponsorship obligation has not been
                          satisfied; or
                     (ii) to respond to a claim that a circumstance prescribed under
                          section 140L of the Act exists; or
                   (iii) to satisfy a sponsorship obligation; or
                    (iv) to meet a liability to a visa holder or a former visa holder;
               (b) the disclosure of the information will notify the approved sponsor or
                   former approved sponsor that he or she is no longer the approved sponsor
                   of a visa holder or a former visa holder;
               (c) if the approved sponsor or former approved sponsor is an approved work
                   sponsor or former approved work sponsor—the disclosure of the
                   information will notify that sponsor of the cancellation of a visa held by a
                   person who is or was a primary sponsored person, or a secondary
                   sponsored person, of that sponsor;
               (d) if the approved sponsor or former approved sponsor is an approved family
                   sponsor or former approved family sponsor—the disclosure of the
                   information will notify that sponsor of the cancellation of a visa held by a
                   person who is or was sponsored by that sponsor.
          (4) Each of the following are circumstances in which the Minister may disclose
              personal information to an agency of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory
              of a kind mentioned in subregulation 2.103(3) or 2.103A(4):
                (a) the disclosure of the information may assist the agency to perform its
                    functions;
               (b) the disclosure of the information may assist Immigration in determining:
                      (i) whether an approved sponsor or a former approved sponsor has
                          satisfied a sponsorship obligation; or
                     (ii) whether a circumstance prescribed under section 140L of the Act
                          exists in relation to an approved sponsor or a former approved
                          sponsor.