46Disclosure to Secretaries etc.

46 Disclosure to Secretaries etc.

(1) An official of the Regulator may disclose protected information to: (a) the Secretary; or (b) an officer of the Department who is authorised by the Secretary, in writing, for the purposes of this subsection; if the disclosure is for the purposes of: (c) advising the Minister; or (ca) monitoring the operation of a climate change law; or (cb) evaluating the effectiveness of a climate change law; or (d) facilitating the monitoring of Australia’s compliance with its international obligations under an international climate change agreement; or (e) facilitating the development of an international agreement that relates to climate change. (2) If a Minister is responsible for administering a program, or collecting statistics, relating to: (a) greenhouse gas emissions (within the meaning of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007); or (b) energy consumption (within the meaning of that Act); or (c) energy production (within the meaning of that Act); an official of the Regulator may disclose protected information to: (d) the Secretary of the Department administered by that Minister; or (e) an officer of that Department who is authorised by that Secretary, in writing, for the purposes of this subsection; if the disclosure is for the purposes of: (f) advising that Minister; or (g) administering that program, or collecting those statistics, as the case may be. (3) An official of the Regulator may disclose protected information to: (a) the Secretary of the Biodiversity Department; or (b) an officer of the Biodiversity Department who is authorised by the Secretary of the Biodiversity Department, in writing, for the purposes of this subsection; if the disclosure is for the purposes of: (c) advising the Biodiversity Minister; or (d) monitoring the operation of a biodiversity law; or (e) evaluating the effectiveness of a biodiversity law; or (f) facilitating the monitoring of Australia’s compliance with its international obligations under an international biodiversity agreement; or (g) facilitating the development of an international agreement that relates to biodiversity.