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Freight Rail Corporation (Sale) Act 2001
10Auditor-General authorised to communicate information regarding FreightCorp
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#### 10 Auditor-General authorised to communicate information regarding FreightCorp
10 Auditor-General authorised to communicate information regarding FreightCorp
> > (1) The Treasurer may, in connection with the sale of FreightCorp, approve of the communication by the Auditor-General to an authorised person on such terms and conditions as the Treasurer thinks fit of any matter or thing that has come to the knowledge of the Auditor-General in respect of FreightCorp.
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> > (2) Any communication by the Auditor-General in accordance with the Treasurer’s approval is authorised by this section, and is not prevented by section 38 (Secrecy) or any other provision of the [Public Finance and Audit Act 1983](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1983-152).
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> > (3) An authorised person who acquires information as a result of the operation of this section must not make a record of the information or divulge the information to any other person, except:
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> > > (a) for or in connection with the proper exercise of the authorised person’s functions as an authorised person, or
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> > > (b) in accordance with the approval of the Treasurer.
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> > Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.
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> > (4) In this section:
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> > authorised person means:
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> > > (a) any person exercising functions under this Act, and
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> > > (b) any person engaged to exercise functions in connection with the sale of FreightCorp, and
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> > > (c) the holder of any office that is nominated for the purposes of this section by the Treasurer by notification in writing to the Auditor-General, and
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> > > (d) a potential purchaser, and any person acting for or on behalf of a potential purchaser in connection with the sale of FreightCorp.
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> > potential purchaser means a person indicated by the Treasurer by notification in writing to the Auditor-General as a person who is or may become FreightCorp’s purchaser.