Section 130 — Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986: Furnishing of information

(1) Nothing in a law of a State or of a Territory shall operate so as to prevent a person from furnishing any information, producing any documents, or giving any evidence to an officer for the purposes of this Act. (2) The Secretary or another officer of the Department may provide any information obtained in the performance of his or her duties under this Act (whether before or after the commencement of this subsection) to the Secretary of another Department of State of the Commonwealth or to the head of an authority of the Commonwealth for the purposes of that Department or authority. (2A) If: (a) an eligible person is entitled to treatment under Part V of this Act; and (b) the treatment is provided to the eligible person through an arrangement, including a contractual arrangement, with a body that is not a corporate Commonwealth entity or a non-corporate Commonwealth entity; the Secretary or another officer of the Department may provide any information that relates to the provision of that treatment: (c) to a receiving Commonwealth body; and (d) for a purpose relating to the performance of a function, or the exercise of a power, by that body. (3) To avoid doubt, if information is disclosed in accordance with subsection (2) or (2A), the disclosure is taken, for the purposes of the Australian Privacy Principles, to be authorised by this Act.