40Provision of information and assistance by Registrar

40 Provision of information and assistance by Registrar

(1)  Despite any other Act or law, the Registrar is authorised, on his or her own initiative or at the request of the Regulator –

(a) to provide the Regulator with such information (including information given in confidence) in the possession or control of the Registrar that is reasonably required by the Regulator for the purposes of this Act or the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Tasmania); and

(b) to provide the Regulator with such other assistance as is reasonably required by the Regulator to perform or exercise a function or power under this Act or the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Tasmania).

(2)  Despite any other Act or law, the Registrar may authorise the Regulator to disclose information provided under subsection (1) even if the information was given to the Registrar in confidence.

(3)  Nothing done, or authorised to be done, by the Registrar in acting under subsection (1) or (2)  –

(a) constitutes a breach of, or default under, an Act or other law; or

(b) constitutes a breach of, or default under, a contract, agreement, understanding or undertaking; or

(c) constitutes a breach of duty of confidence (whether arising by contract, in equity or by custom) or in any other way; or

(d) constitutes a civil or criminal wrong; or

(e) terminates an agreement or obligation or fulfils any condition that allows a person to terminate an agreement or obligation, or gives rise to any other right or remedy; or

(f) releases a surety or any other obligee wholly or in part from an obligation.