294Regulator may share offshore infrastructure information or things with other agencies

294 Regulator may share offshore infrastructure information or things with other agencies

(1) The Regulator may make available offshore infrastructure information or a thing to one or more of the following agencies to use as mentioned in subsection (2): (a) the Australian Maritime Safety Authority; (b) the Civil Aviation Safety Authority; (c) the Australian Defence Force; (d) the Australian Federal Police; (e) the Department administered by the Minister administering Part XII of the Customs Act 1901; (f) the police force of a State or Territory; (g) the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory; (h) the coroner of a State, the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory; (i) an agency of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory, that is responsible for administering or implementing laws relating to occupational health and safety; (j) an agency of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory, that is responsible for administering or implementing laws relating to the protection of the environment; (k) any other agency of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory, responsible for investigating contraventions of laws, or administering or ensuring compliance with laws. (2) An agency may use the offshore infrastructure information or thing in the course of the exercise of the agency’s powers, or the performance of the agency’s functions or duties, under or for the purposes of a law. (3) If offshore infrastructure information or a thing is made available to an agency under subsection (1), the Regulator may, at any time, by written notice to the agency, impose conditions in relation to: (a) the agency’s use of the offshore infrastructure information or thing; or (b) whether, and the extent to which, the agency itself may make the offshore infrastructure information or thing available to any other agency or person. (4) A notice under subsection (3) is not a legislative instrument.