<section id="navPoint_222"><h5 id="v0-p-3595"><strong>42AA</strong><strong>  </strong><strong>Authorised use and disclosure—availability, integrity, reliability or security of a critical infrastructure asset</strong></h5><ul><li><span></span><p id="v0-p-3596">  A relevant entity (other than the Commonwealth) for a critical infrastructure asset may make a record of, use or disclose protected information if the entity makes the record, or uses or discloses the information:</p><ul><li><span>(a)</span><p id="v0-p-3597">for a purpose relating to the continued operation of the critical infrastructure asset; or</p></li><li><span>(b)</span><p id="v0-p-3598">to mitigate a risk to the availability, integrity, reliability or security of the critical infrastructure asset.</p></li></ul><p id="v0-p-3599">Note: This section is an authorisation for the purposes of other laws, including the Australian Privacy Principles.</p></li></ul></section>