AUDITOR-GENERAL ACT 1997 - SECT 30 Relationship of information - gathering powers with other laws

AUDITOR-GENERAL ACT 1997 - SECT 30

  (1)   The operation of sections   32 and 33:

  (a)   is limited by laws of the Commonwealth (whether made before or after the commencement of this Act) relating to the powers, privileges and immunities of:

  (i)   each House of the Parliament; and

  (ii)   the members of each House of the Parliament; and

  (iii)   the committees of each House of the Parliament and joint committees of both Houses of the Parliament; but

  (b)   is not limited by:

  (i)   any other law (whether made before or after the commencement of this Act), except to the extent that the other law expressly excludes the operation of section   32 or 33; or

  (ii)   any rule of law relating to legal professional privilege or any other privilege, or the public interest, in relation to the disclosure of information or the production of documents.

  (2)   Disclosure or production of, or access to, information or a document under section   32 or 33 does not otherwise affect the operation of a rule of law relating to privilege or the public interest in relation to disclosure of the information or production of the document.