34Statutory secrecy and confidentiality provisions

34 Statutory secrecy and confidentiality provisions (1) It is not a reasonable excuse for a person to refuse or fail to comply with a requirement under this Act to give information (including answering a question) or produce a document or other thing to a Royal Commission that another enactment prohibits the person from giving the information or producing the document or other thing or imposes a duty of confidentiality on the person in relation to the information, document or other thing. (2) The person is not subject to any criminal, civil, administrative or disciplinary proceedings or action only because the person complies with the requirement. (3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to— (a) a provision of another enactment that specifically applies to the giving of information or the production of documents or other things to a Royal Commission; or (b) a provision of another enactment that is prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section. (4) If a Royal Commission receives information or a document or other thing referred to in this section in an inquiry, any provision of another enactment that prohibits the disclosure of the information, document or other thing or imposes any other duty of confidentiality in relation to the information, document or other thing does not apply to the Royal Commission.