44A  Authorised APS employees

• (1)

  The Secretary may, in writing, authorise an APS employee in the Department, or each APS employee in the Department included in a specified class of APS employees in the Department, to be an authorised APS employee for the purposes of this Subdivision.

• (2)

  The Secretary must, in any authorisation under subsection (1), specify the kind of protected information that the APS employee, or each APS employee in that class, is authorised:

  • (a)

    to disclose under section 42, 42A, 43, 43AA or 43A; and

  • (b)

    to make a record of or use for the purpose of a disclosure under section 42, 42A, 43AA or 43A.