130Persons must provide assistance in relation to an audit

130  Persons must provide assistance in relation to an audit

 (1) A person must provide an audit team leader for a guarantee of origin audit, and any persons assisting the audit team leader, with all reasonable facilities and assistance necessary for the effective exercise of the audit team leader’s duties under this Act.

 (2) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1).

 (3) Without limiting subsection (1), providing assistance that is reasonably necessary includes complying with any request under section 129 that relates to the audit.

 (4) Subsection (1) does not require a person to allow an audit team leader or a person assisting an audit team leader:

 (a) to enter premises; or

 (b) to take samples of any thing on premises; or

 (c) to inspect any thing on premises.

Division 3—Audit information

Subdivision A—Information

131  Meaning of audit information

  For the purposes of this Act, audit information means information that satisfies the following conditions:

 (a) the information was obtained by a person in the person’s capacity as an audit team leader or a person assisting an audit team leader;

 (b) the information was obtained in the course of, or for the purposes of:

 (i) carrying out a guarantee of origin audit; or

 (ii) preparing a guarantee of origin audit report.

132  Meaning of protected audit information

  For the purposes of this Act, protected audit information means audit information that is:

 (a) information the use or disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to substantially prejudice the commercial interests of a person; or

 (b) information the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to found an action by a person (other than the Commonwealth) for breach of a duty of confidence; or

 (c) information the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to prejudice the prevention, detection or investigation of, or the conduct of proceedings relating to, an offence or a contravention of a civil penalty provision; or

 (d) information the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to prejudice the protection of public safety or the environment; or

 (e) information the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to endanger the life or safety of an individual or group of individuals.

Subdivision B—Secrecy

133  Secrecy—protected audit information

 (a) a person is, or has been, an audit team leader or a person assisting an audit team leader; and