50Head, Recycling Victoria may collect, use, disclose or publish information

50 Head, Recycling Victoria may collect, use, disclose or publish information

(1) Subject to anything to the contrary in this Act or any other Act, the Head, Recycling Victoria may collect, use, disclose or publish any information or data if the collection, use, disclosure or publication is necessary for the Head, Recycling Victoria—

(a) to perform the functions or duties of the Head, Recycling Victoria under this Act or any other Act; or

(b) to exercise the powers of the Head, Recycling Victoria under this Act or any other Act.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Head, Recycling Victoria may—

(a) use or disclose information or data if—

(i) the Head, Recycling Victoria has reason to suspect that unlawful activity has been, is being, or may be, engaged in; and

(ii) the use or disclosure is a necessary part of the investigation or reporting of the matter by the Head, Recycling Victoria; or

(b) disclose information or data to any of the following agencies to enable the Head, Recycling Victoria to perform any of their functions or exercise any of their powers in collaboration with that agency—

(i) a council;

(ii) Sustainability Victoria;

(iii) the Environment Protection Authority;

(iv) Victoria Police;

(v) the Australian Federal Police;

(vi) Victorian WorkCover Authority;

S. 50(2)(b)(vii) amended by No. 9/2022 s. 27.

(vii) Alpine Resorts Victoria;

(viii) a prescribed person or body; or

S. 50(2)(ba) inserted by No. 36/2022 s. 9.

(ba) disclose information to Sustainability Victoria to enable Sustainability Victoria to perform its functions under section 7 of the Sustainability Victoria Act 2005 other than under paragraphs (a), (b), (e), (j) and (q) of that section of that Act; or

(c) collect or use information from a government agency if the collection or use is required for the purposes of determining the risk of failure of, or disruption to, waste, recycling or resource recovery services of the circular economy; or

(d) collect or use information from, or disclose information to, a government agency if the collection, use or disclosure—

(i) is necessary for research or the compiling or analysis of statistics; and

(ii) does not include personal information; and

(iii) is in the public interest.