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NATIONAL GREENHOUSE AND ENERGY REPORTING ACT 2007 - SECT 23 Secrecy--audit information

NATIONAL GREENHOUSE AND ENERGY REPORTING ACT 2007 - SECT 23

Secrecy--audit information

  (1)   A person mentioned in subsection   (2) commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person obtains audit information in his or her capacity as a person mentioned in subsection   (2); and

  (b)   the person discloses the information to another person otherwise than under, or for the purposes of:

  (i)   this Act or the performance of duties in relation to this Act; or

  (ia)   the safeguard rules or the performance of duties in relation to the safeguard rules; or

  (ii)   another law of the Commonwealth or the performance of duties in relation to another law of the Commonwealth.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 2 years or 120 penalty units, or both.

Note:   The same conduct may be an offence against both this section and section   122.4 of the Criminal Code .

  (2)   This section applies to a person who is or was:

  (d)   an audit team leader; or

  (da)   an audit team member.

Note:   For the protection of other information, see Part   3 of the Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011 (secrecy obligations of officials of the Regulator).