Immigration Act 1959 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5A · Obligations Relating to Identifying Information or Passenger Information
36C. Accessing or disclosing identifying information, crew information or passenger information
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If a person accesses identifying information, crew information or passenger information, and the person —
identifying information
“identifying information” means —(a)any personal identifier;(b)any meaningful identifier derived from any personal identifier;(c)any record of a result of analysing any personal identifier or meaningful identifier derived from any personal identifier; and(d)any other information, derived from any personal identifier or meaningful identifier derived from any personal identifier, or from any record of a kind referred to in paragraph (c), that could be used to discover a particular person’s identity or to get information about a particular person;
is not authorised under section 36B to access any identifying information, crew information or passenger information; or
is not authorised under section 36B to access the identifying information, crew information or passenger information for the purpose for which the person accessed it,the person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both.
If a person’s conduct causes disclosure of identifying information, crew information or passenger information, and the disclosure is not a disclosure that is for any of the purposes specified in section 36B(2), the person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both.
crew
“crew” includes every seaman on a vessel, and every person employed in the operation of an aircraft or a train or in any service rendered to the crew or passengers of an aircraft in flight or a train in motion;