COMPETITION POLICY REFORM ACT 1995 No. 88 of 1995 - SECT 71 Insertion of new section

COMPETITION POLICY REFORM ACT 1995 No. 88 of 1995 - SECT 71

71. After section 155 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Protection of Part IV information

"155AA.(1) A Commission official must not disclose any protected Part IV
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 by law to
        disclose the information.

"(2) Paragraph (1)(a) does not allow a Commission official to disclose
protected Part IV 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 IV information' means information that:

   (a)  was obtained by the Commission under section 155; and

   (b)  relates to a matter arising under Part IV.".