PETROLEUM (ONSHORE) ACT 1991 - SECT 83H Use of information

PETROLEUM (ONSHORE) ACT 1991 - SECT 83H

83H Use of information

(1) Any information in an audit report or other documentation supplied to the Secretary in connection with a mandatory audit may be supplied by the Secretary to, and taken into consideration by, any person who has functions under this Act, the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 or the environment protection legislation and may be used by that person for the purposes of those laws.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1)--

(a) the Secretary is authorised, despite any other Act or law, to provide a relevant agency with any such information, and

(b) any such information is admissible in evidence in any prosecution of the holder of a petroleum title for any offence (whether under this Act or otherwise).

(3) In this section,
"relevant agency" means the Department, or a public authority engaged in administering or executing the environment protection legislation, the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 or such other legislation, if any, as may be prescribed by the regulations.