Commonwealth Numbered Regulations Commonwealth Numbered Regulations(1) For the purposes of subsection 292(3) of the Act, this section specifies circumstances in which section 278 of the Act does not prohibit a disclosure or use of information or a document.
(2) Section 278 of the Act does not prohibit the disclosure or use of information or a document if:
(a) the information or document is disclosed by an emergency call person; and
(b) the information or document is disclosed to a person (the researcher ) who is engaged by the ACMA to conduct research, of a kind specified by the ACMA, into the way in which emergency service numbers are dialled or used; and
(c) the information or document is disclosed solely for the purpose of allowing the researcher to conduct the research; and
(d) the ACMA and the researcher have agreed in writing that:
(i) the research for which the researcher is engaged is to be finished not later than 12 months after the researcher starts the research; and
(ii) the researcher will not disclose or use any information or document that is disclosed to the researcher under this subsection except for the purpose of conducting the research.
(3) Subsection (2) does not authorise the disclosure or use of information or a document more than 12 months after the researcher starts the research.