15Disclosure of information

15 Disclosure of information

15 Disclosure of information

(1) A person must not disclose any information relating to any manufacturing or other industrial or commercial secrets or working processes and obtained in connection with the administration or execution of this Act or the regulations, unless the disclosure—

(a) is made with the consent of the person from whom the information was obtained, or

(b) is made in connection with the administration or execution of this Act or the regulations, or

(c) is made with the prior permission of the Minister, or

(d) is ordered by a court, or by any other body or person authorised by law to examine witnesses, in the course of, and for the purpose of, the hearing and determination by that court, body or person of any matter, or

(e) is made by an authorised officer to an officer or authority engaged in administering or executing a law of the Commonwealth or of another State or a Territory relating to stratospheric ozone protection.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) The Minister is not to grant the permission referred to in subsection (1) (c) unless satisfied that to do so would be in the public interest.