Australian Human Rights Commission Part II Duties, functions and powers of Commission Division 2 Section 14 (b) the contents of any document produced to the Commission; shall not be published, or shall not be published except in such manner, and to such persons, as the Commission specifies. (4) Where the Commission has given a direction under subsection (3) in relation to the publication of any evidence or information or of the contents of a document, the direction does not prevent a person from communicating to another person a matter contained in the evidence, information or document if the first-mentioned person has knowledge of the matter otherwise than by reason of the evidence or information having been given or the document having been produced to the Commission. (5) In deciding whether or not to give a direction under subsection (3), the Commission shall have regard to the need to prevent such of the following as are relevant to the circumstances: (a) prejudice to the security, defence or international relations of Australia; (b) prejudice to relations between the Commonwealth Government and the Government of a State or between the Government of a State and the Government of another State; (c) the disclosure of deliberations or decisions of the Cabinet, or of a Committee of the Cabinet, of the Commonwealth or of a State; (d) the disclosure of deliberations or advice of the Federal Executive Council or the Executive Council of a State; (e) the disclosure, or the ascertaining by a person, of the existence or identity of a confidential source of information in relation to the enforcement of the criminal law; (f) the endangering of the life or physical safety of any person; (g) prejudice to the proper enforcement of the law or the protection of public safety; (h) the disclosure of information the disclosure of which is prohibited, absolutely or subject to qualifications, by or under another enactment; (j) the unreasonable disclosure of the personal affairs of any person; Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 Compilation No. 48 Compilation date: 20/12/18 Authorised Version C2019C00030 registered 14/01/2019 21 Registered: 14/1/19