6Giving, disclosure or use of information or documents

6.Giving, disclosure or use of information or documents

(1)This regulation applies if —

(a)a government information holder is required to give a specified relevant authority specified information or documents under an order or direction made or given under regulation 4(1); or

(b)a government information holder is requested under regulation 5(1) to give a specified relevant authority specified information or documents.

(2)The government information holder is authorised to give the specified information or documents to the specified relevant authority.

(3)If the government information holder is a departmental CEO, the Commissioner of Main Roads or the Public Transport Authority, an employee of the departmental CEO, Commissioner of Main Roads or Public Transport Authority (as applicable) is authorised, for the purpose of facilitating compliance with the order, direction or request, to give the specified information or documents to —

(a)the departmental CEO, Commissioner of Main Roads or Public Transport Authority (as applicable); or

(b)an employee of the departmental CEO, Commissioner of Main Roads or Public Transport Authority (as applicable).

(4)A relevant authority is authorised to use or disclose the specified information or documents for, and only for, authorised purposes.

(5)Without limiting subregulation (4), a relevant authority is authorised to disclose information or documents under that subregulation to a national body or to an agency or authority of another State or a Territory.

(6)A relevant authority is not authorised under subregulation (4) to disclose information or documents to the public in a form that would enable particulars relating to a specific person to be readily ascertained.

(7)If a giving, disclosure or use of information or documents is authorised under this regulation —

(a)no civil or criminal liability is incurred in respect of the giving, disclosure or use; and

(b)the giving, disclosure or use is not to be regarded as —

(i)a breach of any duty of confidentiality or secrecy imposed by law; or

(ii)a breach of professional ethics or standards or any principles of conduct applicable to a person’s employment; or

(iii)unprofessional conduct.