145Secrecy

145 Secrecy court includes any tribunal or other entity having power to require the production of documents or the answering of questions. person to whom this section applies means— (a) a person who is or has been an authorised officer; or (b) anyone else who has exercised a function under this Act. produce includes permit access to. protected information means information obtained under this Act in relation to manufacturing secrets or commercial secrets or working processes. (2) A person to whom this section applies must not— (a) make a record of protected information; or

(b) directly or indirectly, divulge or communicate to a person protected information about someone else; unless the record is made, or the information divulged or communicated, in relation to the exercise of a function, as a person to whom this section applies, under this Act, another territory law or another law applying in the ACT. (3) Subsection (2) does not prevent a person to whom this section applies from divulging or communicating protected information— (a) with the consent of the person from whom the information was obtained; or (b) to a person administering or enforcing a law of another jurisdiction that corresponds to this Act or another law prescribed by regulation for this paragraph; or (c) to the food authority; or (d) to a law enforcement authority. (4) A person to whom this section applies need not divulge or communicate protected information to a court, or produce a document containing protected information to a court, unless it is necessary to do so for this Act, another territory law or another law applying in the ACT.