Data Availability and Transparency Act (Authorised Officers) Authorisation 2024 (Cth)

Data Availability and Transparency Act (Authorised Officers) Authorisation 2024

I, GREGORY MORIARTY AO, Secretary of the Department of Defence, make the following authorisations under section 137 of the Data Availability and Transparency Act 2022.

Dated 27 March 2024

Gregory Moriarty AO Secretary of the Department of Defence

Contents Name 2 Commencement 2 Authority 2 Definitions 2 Authorised officers and individuals authorised to do particular things 2

1 Name This instrument is Data Availability and Transparency Act (Authorised Officers) Authorisation 2024.

2 Commencement

This instrument commences on the day after registration.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under section 137 of the Data Availability and Transparency Act 2022.

4 Definitions

Note: Expressions have the same meaning in this instrument as in the Data Availability and Transparency Act 2022 as in force from time to time – see paragraph 13(1)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003.

In this instrument:

the Act means the Data Availability and Transparency Act 2022

the Department means the Department of Defence

5 Authorised officers and individuals authorised to do particular things 1. Under subsection 137(2) of the Act, persons holding, occupying or performing the duties of the following offices or positions in the Department are authorised officers for the purposes the data sharing scheme: 1. Associate Secretary 2. Deputy Secretary Governance 3. Chief Data Integration Officer 4. Assistant Secretary Data Governance and Services 2. Under subsection 137(3) of the Act, persons holding, occupying or performing the duties of the following offices or positions in the Department are authorised to enter into variations to data sharing agreements: 1. Associate Secretary 2. Deputy Secretary Governance 3. Chief Data Integration Officer 4. Assistant Secretary Data Governance and Services 3. Under subsection 137(4) of the Act, persons holding, occupying or performing the duties of the following offices or positions in the Department are authorised to: enter into data sharing agreements; enter into variations to data sharing agreements; or make decisions that subsection 16D(4) applies to a proposed integration of data and make the required records under subsection 16D(6): 1. Associate Secretary 2. Deputy Secretary Governance 3. Chief Data Integration Officer 4. Assistant Secretary Data Governance and Services