99AInformation sharing between commissioners

99A Information sharing between commissioners (1) A commissioner (an information giver) may give statutory office-holder information to another commissioner (an information recipient), and an information recipient may use the information, if the information is necessary for the effective exercise of a function under this Act. (2) If an information recipient uses statutory office-holder information given to them under subsection (1)— (a) a secrecy requirement is taken to apply to the information recipient in relation to the information; and (b) the information recipient is taken to be a person engaged in the administration of the law that contains the secrecy requirement.

secrecy requirement means a prohibition on the disclosure of information that applies to an information giver in relation to statutory office-holder information, whether the prohibition is absolute or subject to stated exceptions or qualifications. statutory office-holder information means information received by a commissioner in their capacity as an individual statutory office-holder under a territory law or a law of the Commonwealth or a State.