COMPETITION AND CONSUMER ACT 2010 - SECT 155AA Protection of Part VB information

COMPETITION AND CONSUMER ACT 2010 - SECT 155AA

  (1)   A Commission official must not disclose any protected Part   VB information to any person, except:

  (a)   when the Commission official is performing duties or functions as a Commission official; or

  (b)   when the Commission official or the Commission is required or permitted by law to disclose the information.

  (2)   Subsection   (1) does not allow a Commission official to disclose protected Part   VB information when performing a function of the Commission described in section   28.

  (3)   In this section:

"Commission official" means:

  (a)   a member, or associate member, of the Commission;

  (b)   a person referred to in subsection   27(1);

  (c)   a person engaged under section   27A.

"disclose" means divulge or communicate.

"information" includes information in a document and information given in evidence.

"protected Part VB information" means:

  (a)   information that:

  (i)   was obtained by the Commission under Part   XID or section   155; and

  (ii)   relates to a matter that arose under Part   VB before its repeal by item   32 of Schedule   1 to the Statute Stocktake (Regulatory and Other Laws) Act 2009 ; or

  (b)   information that was obtained by the Commission under section   75AY before its repeal by item   32 of Schedule   1 to the Statute Stocktake (Regulatory and Other Laws) Act 2009 .