# Use of information

> reg-3.10 — as in force on 2026-06-01 — F2026C00497 · Compilation No. 287 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026C00497/latest/text

3.10 Use of information
          (1) With the written consent of the Minister, use may be made of information
              collected under this Part in respect of persons, being information that:
                (a) is collected from passenger cards or passports, or contained in notified data
                    bases (or both), by an officer of any Department or authority of the
                    Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory; and
               (b) is concerned with any of the following matters, namely law enforcement,
                    national security, national intelligence, education, health, community
                    services, social welfare, employment, labour, taxation, statistics,
                    quarantine, customs, excise.
          (2) The consent of the Minister for the use of information concerned with a matter
              specified in subregulation (1) may be given in respect of a particular occasion or
              any number of occasions.
          (3) If:
                (a) the Commonwealth has entered into an agreement with another country in
                    relation to the provision of information concerning international
                    movements of air traffic and persons on international flights; and
                (b) the Minister is satisfied that the provision to that country of the information
                    specified in subregulation (4) would facilitate the handling of aircraft or of
                    persons travelling to destinations outside Australia;








               the Minister may cause that information to be provided to the immigration
               authorities of that country.
        (3A) If:
               (a) the Commonwealth has entered into an agreement with an international air
                   carrier in relation to the provision of information concerning persons on
                   international flights; and
               (b) the Minister is satisfied that the provision to that international air carrier of
                   the information specified in subregulation (4) would facilitate the handling
                   of persons travelling to destinations outside Australia;
             the Minister may cause that information to be provided to that international air
             carrier.
          (4) For paragraph (3)(b), in relation to a person travelling to (or to and beyond) the
              country mentioned in that paragraph, and for paragraph (3A)(b), in relation to a
              person travelling with the international air carrier mentioned in that paragraph,
              the following information is specified:
                (a) name;
                (b) date of birth;
                (c) citizenship;
               (ca) sex;
               (cb) class and subclass of visa;
               (cc) when the visa ceases to be in effect;
                (d) passport number;
                (e) date of departure from Australia;
                 (f) flight number;
                (g) place of intended disembarkation;
                (h) ultimate destination.
               Note:    Under the Act, a visa is an Australian visa issued in accordance with the Act.

          (5) If the Commonwealth enters into an agreement of a kind referred to in
              paragraph (3)(a) or (3A)(a):
                (a) the Minister must, as soon as is practicable, cause notice of the fact to be
                     published in the Gazette; and
                (b) information must not be made available under the agreement earlier than
                     the day after the day on which the notice is published.