(1)  In this section –

employer means a person who employs another person who is in the required participation phase;

prescribed information , about a person, means –

(a) the person's name and any previous names; and

(b) the person's address; and

(c) the person's date of birth; and

(d) details of the eligible options in which, according to the person's participation record, the person intends to participate, is participating or has participated.

(2)  The Qualifications Authority may use information contained in a participation record to perform its functions.

(3)  To enable the Qualifications Authority to ensure the accuracy of information contained in a participation record, the Qualifications Authority may disclose that information to a provider, employer or person in charge of an activity under a law of the Commonwealth as specified in section 15(3) .

(4)  To enable the Secretary to carry on planning activities, the Qualifications Authority is to give the Secretary the aggregated information that the Secretary requests.

(5)  The Qualifications Authority is to include in its annual report under section 24 of the Tasmanian Qualifications Authority Act 2003 the details of each request under subsection (4) received during the year to which the report relates.

(6)  To enable the Secretary to carry on re-engagement activities, the Qualifications Authority is to give the Secretary any of the prescribed information that the Secretary requests about a person who, according to the person's participation record –

(a) is in the required participation phase; and

(b) has stopped being enrolled with a provider; and

(c) after a period of at least 3 months, has not re-enrolled with a provider.