Canadian Refugee Procedure/150.1 - Sharing of Information

IRPA Section 150.1
Section 150.1 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act reads: Sharing of Information

Regulations 150.1 (1) The regulations may provide for any matter relating to (a) the collection, retention, use, disclosure and disposal of information, including a Social Insurance Number, for the purposes of this Act or for the purposes of program legislation as defined in section 2 of the Canada Border Services Agency Act; (b) the disclosure of information for the purposes of national security, the defence of Canada or the conduct of international affairs, including the implementation of an agreement or arrangement entered into under section 5 or 5.1 of the Department of Citizenship and Immigration Act or section 13 of the Canada Border Services Agency Act; (c) the disclosure of information relating to the professional or ethical conduct of a person referred to in any of paragraphs 91(2)(a) to (c) in connection with a proceeding — other than a proceeding before a superior court — or application under this Act to a body that is responsible for governing or investigating that conduct or to a person who is responsible for investigating that conduct, for the purposes of ensuring that persons referred to in those paragraphs offer and provide professional and ethical representation and advice to persons in connection with such proceedings and applications; (d) the retention, use, disclosure and disposal by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police of biometric information and any related personal information that is collected under this Act and provided to it for the enforcement of any law of Canada or a province; and (e) the disclosure of information for the purposes of cooperation between the Government of Canada and the government of a province.

Conditions (2) Regulations made under subsection (1) may include conditions under which the collection, retention, use, disposal and disclosure may be made.

Section 150.1(1)(c) provides that the regulations may provide for an matter relating to the disclosure of information relating to the professional or ethical conduct of certain representatives
See: Canadian Refugee Procedure/IRPR s. 13.1 - Authorized disclosure.