234Obligation of secrecy to continue

234 Obligation of secrecy to continue

(1) Notwithstanding the repeals effected by section 231, the provisions of section 34A of the Prices Justification Act 1973 as amended and in force immediately before the commencement of this Part continue to operate in relation to any person who, immediately before that commencement, was a person to whom that section applied. (2) Section 34A of the Prices Justification Act 1973 as continued in operation by subsection (1) does not operate to prohibit: (a) the transfer of records to the Petroleum Products Pricing Authority or the Australian Archives as required by section 233; or (b) a person divulging or communicating any information or producing any document (being information or a document relating to the production or supply of petroleum products or to services relating to the production or supply of petroleum products) to: (i) the Commissioner for Petroleum Products Pricing; (ii) an associate Commissioner of the Petroleum Products Pricing Authority; (iii) a consultant to the Petroleum Products Pricing Authority; (iv) a member of the staff of the Petroleum Products Pricing Authority; or (v) an officer of the Department of Administrative Services.