Section 38AA — Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986: Disclosure or use of personal information relevant to partner service pension eligibility

(1) An APP entity that holds a record that contains personal information relating to a veteran may: (a) disclose to the veteran’s partner personal information to the effect that, with effect from a specified date, the veteran has become a veteran to whom section 24 applies so as to facilitate the making of a claim, or of a further claim, by the veteran’s partner for partner service pension; or (b) otherwise use that information for the purpose of dealing with a claim, or a further claim, by the veteran’s partner for such a pension. (2) To avoid doubt, if information is disclosed or used in accordance with subsection (1), the disclosure or use is taken, for the purposes of the Australian Privacy Principles, to be authorised by this Act. (3) Unless the contrary intention appears, an expression used in this section has the same meaning as in the Privacy Act 1988.