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AusCheck Act 2007

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Department of Home Affairs

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C2016C00905 C09

29 August 2016 - 10 May 2018

Table of contents

Part 1—Preliminary
Part 2—Establishment of AusCheck scheme
Part 3—Information management
- Division 1—Collection, retention, use and disclosure of information
- Division 2—Protection of information
  - 15 Protection of information
Part 4—Transitional provision in relation to information collected before commencement
- 16 Authorisation of use and disclosure of personal information collected for specified purposes
Part 5—Other matters
- 17 Use of the name AusCheck
- 18 Regulations
Endnotes