Authorised officer

The Data Availability and Transparency Act 2022 (Act) require that certain actions, such as submitting an application for accreditation and entering into DATA Scheme data sharing agreements, can only be made by an Authorised officer. An Authorised officer is the senior most individual within an agency or organisation, typically for this will be the Secretary of a government department, the Vice Chancellor level of an Australian University, the Director or Chief Executive Officer of an eligible entity. 

Please refer to the guidance note for detailed information about Authorised officers. 

Adding a Dataplace user to the Authorised officer role

This instruction applies to when the user has already a profile within Dataplace. Please request the user sign in to Dataplace to create their Dataplace profile or refer to 'Adding a new user to Dataplace' to manually create the user profile.  

Note: Only a Dataplace user with the Organisation administrator role may add and remove users to the authorised officer role. 

If the nominated authorised officer has already accessed Dataplace the Organisation administrator may add the user via the following process:

1. 1. Navigate to the Manage Organisation page
   2. Select the Authorisation instrument section on the left
   3. Select the Authorised officers tab
   4. Start typing the users name 
   5. Confirm the user, and 
   6. Press Add. 

Adding a new user to Dataplace

It is recommended that a user sign into Dataplace to automatically establish their profile, however on occasion it may be necessary to manually create the user. 

1. Navigate to the Manage Organisation page
2. Select the Users section on the left
3. Select the + icon 
4. Complete the users profile 
5. Save.

Note: The details must be accurate and align with the Federated access details of the user.